FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“GARDSKY” / reg. Tønsberg, passing Haugesund / Norway, April 2001.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: General cargo / Container
IMO NO: 7521132
2978 gt / 1268 nt / 4001 mdwt
Delivered from Schulte & Bruns, Emden / Germany (Yard no 282), in June 1976.
Name, owner and flag history:
- 15/04/1976 – Launched
- 25/06/1976 – Delivered
- “DOLLART” from delivery in 06/1976 until 01/1987
- From 1976 until 1980 – Owned by Schulte & Bruns “Dollart” Schiffahrtsges KG., Germany.
- From 1980 until 1987 – Owned by Dollart-Reederei GmbH & Co. KG., Germany.
- “ISNES” from 01/1987 until 12/1994
- Owned by Nesskip H/f., Iceland.
- “GARDSKY” from 12/1994 until 09/2003
- From 1994 until 2000 – Owned by Gards Rederi A/S., Tønsberg / Norway.
- From 2000 until 2003 – Owned by Gustav Walter Invest A/S., Tønsberg / Norway.
- “CELTIC SPIRIT” from 09/2003 until 05/2010
- From 09/2003 – Owned by Anchor Marine Shipping Service, UK.
- From 09/2003 – Bahamas flag.
- “JOY EXPRESS” from 05/2010 until 01/2015
- From 05/2010 – Owned by Rose Navigation Ltd.
- From 05/2010 – Sierra Leone flag.
- “RAINBOW H” from 01/2015 until breaking in 2019.
- From 01/2015 – Owned by HR Brothers Maritime Shipping, Honduras.
- From 11/2018 – Togo flag.
- 04/2019 – Sold to ship breakers in Alang / India.
- 09/04/2019 – Arrived Bhavnagar anchorage / India.
- 13/04/2019 – Shifted to Alang anchorage / India.
- 14/04/2019 – Beached at Alang / India, as her final destination.
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