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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| AMETHYST |
300208 |
GBR |
5014769 |
| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1958 |
06/05/1958 |
14/07/1958 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Coaster General Cargo
| Steel Motor Vessel |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon |
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502 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 1547 grt / 856 nrt / 2319 dwt |
258.0 ft |
39.5 ft |
17.1 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz A.G., Koln-Deutz |
| Engine detail |
| M 6cyl, 1400bhp, 1 screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Gem Line Ltd. - William Robertson & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
Glasgow |
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| Other names |
| 1980 FAITH - 1984 TASOS - 2000 SILVER STAR II |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
04/1972 William Robertson Shipowners Ltd., Glasgow
1978 Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd., London
03/1980 Surburan Shipping Co. S.A., Panama
1984 Mariteco Navigation Co. Ltd., Panama later Honduras flag
1987 Jupiter Shipping Co. S.A., Panama, Honduras flag
1998 Astra Shipping Co., Bahamas
2000 Swan Navigation S.A., Majuro, Marshall Islands
2000 Gulf Development Marine, Abu Dhabi - Honduras flag |
| Vessel history |
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| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
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In Service |
| Disposal Detail |
| Still in service in 2015 |
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Amethyst
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Amethyst
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Amethyst
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Smelt works in Norway
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Clydemaritime photo
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