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WESTGATE (1979)

Service dates: 1990-1996

Official number: 379519

Shipping lines: ROWBOTHAM TANKSHIPS LTD.; P&O BULK SHIPPING LTD.; P&O TANKSHIPS LTD.

Ship type:


Tanker.


Career

06.06.1979
Launched.
07.1979
Completed as Westgate for Hull Gates Shipping Co Ltd (Fred Parkes Shipping Co Ltd, Grimsby, managers) Hull.
10.1982
Share capital in Hull Gates Shipping Co Ltd acquired by Rowbotham Tankships Ltd and vessel transferred to their ownership.
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.
20.07.1992
Owners now Rowbotham Tankships (Gibraltar) Ltd (Rowbotham Tankships Ltd, managers), Gibraltar. Registry transferred to Gibraltar; call sign now ZDCT4.
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.
01.02.1993
Owners Rowbotham Tankships (Gibraltar) Ltd renamed P&O Tankships (Gibraltar) Ltd.
28.09.1994
New certificate following re-measurement. Tonnages now 2,072 gt, 1,000 nt.
30.12.1996
P&O Tankships Ltd acquired by James Fisher & Sons plc and vessel transferred to the ownership of James Fisher (Gibraltar) Ltd (James Fisher Tankships Ltd, managers), retaining Gibraltar registry.
1999
Managers became James Fisher (Shipping Services) Ltd.
2004
Sold and renamed Island View.
2006
Renamed Islandview.
2007
Renamed Bebek E.
Still reported in service.


Ship technical details (PDF)