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ATHERSTONE (1965)
Service dates: 1965-1978
Official number: 306345
Shipping lines: HAIN-NOURSE LTD.; P&O BULK SHIPPING
Ship type:
Bulk Carrier.
Career
- 09.01.1965
- Launched by Mrs R M Thwaites, wife of a P&O Managing Director.
- 27.04.1965
- Delivered as Atherstone for The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
- 16.08.1971
- Management and operation transferred to P&O Bulk Shipping Division.
- 09.05.1978
- Sold to Golden Ocean Development Inc, Liberia, and renamed Golden Alliance.
- 1982
- Sold to China Ocean Shipping Company, People’s Republic of China, and renamed Yang Ming Shan.
- 1983
- Transferred to Guangzhou Ocean Shipping Company.
- 1999
- Deleted from Lloyd’s Register.