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ORIONMAN (1975)
Service dates: 1990-1994
Shipping lines: ROWBOTHAM TANKSHIPS LTD.; P&O BULK SHIPPING LTD.; P&O TANKSHIPS LTD.
Ship type:
Tanker.
Career
- 14.01.1975
- Launched.
- 05.1975
- Completed as Bridgeman for C Rowbotham & Sons (Management) Ltd.
- 1981
- Owners became Rowbotham Tankships Ltd.
- 1987
- Registry transferred to the Isle of Man.
- 02.05.1990
- The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company acquired 50% interest in owners Rowbotham Tankships Ltd.
- 08.07.1992
- Owners now Rowbotham Tankships (Hong Kong) Ltd (Rowbotham Ship Management (Hong Kong) Ltd, managers), Hong Kong. Registry transferred to Hong Kong. Official number now HK0088, call sign VRUE2.
- 15.01.1993
- Rowbotham Tankships Ltd and subsidiaries became wholly-owned by P&O.
- 18.01.1993
- Rowbotham Tankships Ltd renamed P&O Tankships Ltd.
- 16.11.1993
- Managers Rowbotham Ship Management (Hong Kong) Ltd renamed Tankship Management (Hong Kong) Ltd.
- 1994
- Re-measured. Tonnages now 3,700 gt, 2,051 nt.
- 17.10.1994
- Sold to Scan SRL, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and renamed Scanner 1.