FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“INGRID GORTHON” / reg. Helsingborg, arriving Aberdeen UK, 25 October 2001.
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TYPE: General cargo / Palletised cargo (Bulk / pulp carrier until 1990)
IMO NO: 7524213
12 672 gt / 6954 nt / 14 298 mdwt
Delivered from Korea Shipbuilding, Pusan / South Korea (Yard no 1007), in 1977.
Name history:
- “INGRID GORTHON” from delivery in 1977 until 2012
- From delivery in 1977 – Owned by Gorthons Rederi A/B., Sweden. (reg. Helsingborg)
- 1990/91 – Converted from bulk carrier.
- From 11/2006 – Cyprus flag.
- From 03/2010 – Owned by Prime Valley Maritime Ltd. – Care of Lemissoler Shipmanagement Ltd., Limassol / Cyprus.
- “FOREST COSTA RICA” from 2012 until breaking in 2015.
- 02/2015 – Sold to Alang breakers.
- 6 May 2015 – Beached in Alang / India, as her final destination. (Plot 16)
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