As Panamax Moon at the breakers yard in Taiwan

Cargo Fire - 1981

Master

Date

Left

Destination

I Bennet

6/1976

Orinoco


E Owen

8/1976


Gijon


5/1977


Tubarao


2/1978


Dunkirk

C de F Hedges

6/1978


Antwerp


11/1978


Paula

E Owen

4/1979


Port Talbot

C de F Hedges

11/1979

Redcar

Tubarao

E Owen

3/1980


Dunkirk


9/1980

Lisbon



11/1980

Off Baltimore



3/1981

Fos


T Young

7/1981


Seven Islands


10/1981

Rotterdam


R Bessant

3/1982


Malta

W Pritchard

7/1982


Japan

Career Summary

Ex Elbe Ore

1974 Renamed King Richard

1982 Sold to Panama

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

King Richard

1966

39051

309977

Burmeister & Wain

Copenhagen

Burmeister & Wain

Copenhagen

Motor 8 Cyl

Burmeister & Wain

16800 BHP

1

King Richard

GWME

Life after King Line

   Crew List

King Richard  on fire after leaving Richards Bay.Then  spent Easter weekend in Cape Town whilst Chubb pumped nitrogen gas in to put the fire out.

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