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ORIOLE (1963)
Service dates: 1963-1977
Official number: 305878
Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY; P&O SHORT SEA SHIPPING; P&O FERRIES; P&O FERRIES (GENERAL EUROPEAN)
Ship type:
General Cargo Ship.
Career
- 31.10.1963
- Launched by Mrs R C Thornton.
- 02.12.1963
- Delivered as Oriole to the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
- 01.10.1971
- Management and operation transferred to P&O Short Sea Shipping Ltd.
- 01.12.1972
- Ownership transferred to General Steam Navigation (Trading) Ltd.
- 31.03.1975
- Management and operation transferred to P&O Ferries.
- 30.04.1976
- Ownership transferred to P&O Ferries (General European) Ltd.
- 22.02.1977
- Sold to Boston Offshore Maintenance Co Ltd, Boston, and renamed Judert.
- 1982
- Sold to Chara SA, Panama, and renamed Judert II.
- 04.03.1983
- Collided with Everet off Collo, Algeria, and sustained extensive cracks in her hull. She sank in position 37°38’N-06°39’E.