FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“NORTH PRINCE” / reg. Aberdeen, arriving Heidrun-field, 19 August 1999.
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TYPE: Supply (PSV)
IMO NO: 7703106
2342 gt / 702 nt / 2250 mdwt
Delivered from H. Sürken Schiffswerft, Papenburg / Germany (Yard no 295), in March 1978.
Name history:
- “FALDERNTOR” from delivery in 1978 until 1989
- “SUN PRINCE” a short period in 1989
- “NORTH PRINCE” from 1989 until 2007
- “DEA PRINCE” from 2007 until 2008
- “VOS PRINCE” from 2008 until 2011
- “VN PARTISAN” from 2011 until breaking in 2018.
Vessels last mission was serving as a target ship for the French navy, and thereafter she was delivered to breakers (Breton Recyclers) in Brest / France, 9 February 2018, as her final destination.
Latest reported owners – Partisan Ltd., Gibraltar. (Since 02/2011)
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