FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“ASH” / reg. Kingstown, passing Cuxhaven / Germany (eastbound), 9 August 2001.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: General cargo / Bulk
IMO NO: 7922350
1009 gt / 565 nt / 1596 mdwt
Delivered from Barkmeijer Stroobos Bv., Stroobos / Netherlands (Yard no 215), in December 1980.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 04/04/1980 – Keel laid
- 24/10/1980 – Launched
- 05/12/1980 – Completed and delivered
- “EENDRACHT” from delivery in 12/1980 until 02/2001
- From 12/1980 – Owned by Rederij M.W. Potkamp & Co. CV., Netherlands. (reg. Ijsselmuiden)
- 06/10/1994 – “EENDRACHT”, was detained in Middlesbrough UK, as the ship’s 1st mate only had certificates to sail as 2nd mate. The ship departed the next day 071094.
- “ASH” from 02/2001 until sinking 10/2001
- From 02/2001 – Owned by Labrador Shipping Ltd., Nassau / Bahamas.
- From 02/2010 – St. Vincent and the Grenadines flag. (reg. Kingstown)
- 09/10/2001 – “ASH” was on her way from Denmark to Spain, with 6 crem members, loaded with 1,200 tons steel coils, and 83 m3 bunkers, when the ship collided with “DUTCH AQUAMARINE” (IMO NO: 9191656), about 10 nm. south-east of Hastings. Chemical tanker “DUTCH AQUAMARINE”, was en route from Antwerp to Swansea, with 12 crew members, loaded with 4,400 tons of “acetic acid”. The accident occurred in position 50.42.5N – 00.44E, at 1516. 6 persons from “ASH” was picked up from the sea by the lifeboat of “DUTCH AQUAMARINE”, while the captain was picked up from the sea by a rescue helicopter. He had been trapped in the cabin, but managed to get out by himself. The captain later died in a hospital in Hastings UK. The rest of the crew members were later transferred from the “DUTCH AQUAMARINE” to the Hastings Lifeboat, and taken ashore. “ASH” later sank in position 50.43,4N – 00.44,2E, at the “south-west traffic lane”, at a depth of 34 metres. “DUTCH AQUAMARINE” suffered bow damage above the waterline, but she continued for anchorage at the Isle of Wight where she stayed overnight. The next day she had a survey carried out, and later continued for Swansea.
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