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CONSTITUTION (1978)
Service dates: 1978-1988
Official number: 379694
Shipping lines: ANGLO NORDIC SHIPPING; PANILETTE; P&O BULK SHIPPING LTD.
Ship type:
Tanker.
Career
- 13.05.1978
- Launched.
- 28.11.1978
- Delivered as Nordic Spirit for Seafarer Shipping Co Ltd (Anglo Nordic Bulkships (Management) Ltd, managers), Liberia.
- 1979
- Transferred to Killeon Ltd and renamed at London.
- 1981
- Bareboat chartered to Howard Smith Industries Ltd and renamed Eastern Enterprise.
- 09.1984
- Transferred to Norness (Bulk Carriers) Ltd.
- 09.01.1987
- Bareboat charter to Howard Smith Industries Ltd cancelled. Purchased by Nortuna Shipping Ltd (P&O Bulk Shipping Ltd, managers).
- 04.03.1987
- Management transferred to P&O Ship Management Ltd and registered at Hong Kong.
- 06.03.1987
- Transferred to Panilette Ltd.
- 28.03.1987
- Renamed Rutland.
- 18.12.1987
- Transferred to League International Ltd, Liberia, bareboat chartered to Conoco Shipping Co and renamed Constitution.
- 15.06.1988
- Sold to Conoco Shipping Co, Liberia.
- 1999
- Renamed Aptera M.
- 15.01.2003
- Broken up at Alang, India.