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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.


Ship technical details (PDF)