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BELLE ISLE (1971)
Service dates: 1971-1984
Official number: 174467
Shipping lines: BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.; P&O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION; MAURITIUS STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 06.11.1970
- Keel laid.
- 29.01.1971
- Launched.
- 31.03.1971
- Completed as Belle Isle for Mauritius Steam Navigation Company Ltd (Rogers & Co, managers). The first SD14 from the Southwick yard with a higher specification intended for cargo-liner work, including two extra sets of kingposts and winch houses.
- 01.10.1971
- Operational responsibility transferred from British India Steam Navigation Company to P&O General Cargo Division.
- 1984
- Sold to Sealord Investments Inc, Monrovia, Liberia (A P Madrigal Steamship Co Inc, Manila, Philippines) and renamed Sainte Marthe under the Philippine flag.
- 1986
- Sold to Prometheus Inc, Panama (Denholm Ship Management (Over-seas) Ltd and renamed Sarah H.
- 1987
- Sold to Grafford Shipping Ltd, Monrovia, Liberia (Citizen Shipping Ltd, Hong Kong) and renamed Allma under the Panama flag.
- 1988
- Sold to Hakama Shipping Ltd, Monrovia, Liberia (Parakou Shipping Ltd, Hong Kong) and renamed Beiyuan under the Panama flag.
- 1988
- Sold to Qinhuangdao Shipping Co, Qinhuangdao, People’s Republic of China and renamed Yuan Guang.
- 1992
- Sold to Vast Ocean Shipping SA, Panama (Vastmetier Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong) and renamed Vast Ocean.
- 09.02.1993
- Left Vanino, Russia for Shanghai with a cargo of steel bars.
- 15.02.1993
- After reporting from south-west of Japan in position 34°00’N-129°22’E nothing further was heard from the vessel. Searching failed to locate her, and it is presumed she sank shortly afterwards.