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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.