FROM THE ARCHIVE – “ANGUS EXPRESS” DEPARTING ABERDEEN UK, 24 OCTOBER 2001 (BEACHED INDIA 29 DECEMBER 2001)

FROM THE ARCHIVE:

“ANGUS EXPRESS” / reg. Manila, departing Aberdeen UK, in the evening hours, 24 October 2001.

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TYPE: Livestock carrier (Ex: RoRo)

IMO NO: 6716833

990 gt / 519 nt / 957 mdwt

Delivered from Arnhemsche Scheepsbouw, Arnhem / Netherlands (Yard no 446), in 1967.

Name history:

“AMSTELSTROOM” from delivery in 1967 until 1975
“MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS” from 1975 until 1987
“ANGUS EXPRESS” from 1987 until breaking.
- 29 December 2001 – Beached in Alang / India, as her final destination. (Jay Bharat Steel Industries)