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AURORA (1975)
Service dates: 1975-1990
Official number: 365988
Shipping lines: P&O BULK SHIPPING
Ship type:
Bulk Carrier.
Career
- 25.06.1975
- Launched.
- 14.11.1975
- Delivered as Aurora for Bulk Shipping Associates Ltd (P&O Bulk Shipping Division, managers).
- 03.1981
- Managers and operators restyled P&O Deep Sea Cargo Division.
- 1983
- Management and operation transferred to P&O Bulk Shipping Ltd.
- 24.02.1986
- P&O acquired full control of Bulk Shipping Associates.
- 04.03.1986
- Ownership transferred to Sagrod (Liberia) Inc. Management transferred to P&O Ship Management Ltd.
- 19.04.1986
- Ownership transferred to Locabail (UK) Ltd.
- 1987
- Sold to Scomand Shipping Ltd, Hong Kong, and bareboat chartered back to P&O Bulk Carriers Ltd. Management transferred to P&O Ship Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. Transferred to Hong Kong registry; call sign ZBWC.
- 26.02.1990
- Bareboat charter to P&O Bulk Carriers Ltd ended.
- 1990
- Sold to Bergevang Shipping, Grimstad and renamed Bertisa.
- 1993
- Sold to Urguk Denizcilik Tikaret, Turkey and renamed Urgup.
- 07.1997
- Arrested at Iskerderun.
- 28.10.1998
- Arrived at Alang, India to be broken up.