TO BE BROKEN UP – “PRINCESS M” ARRIVED SHIP BREAKERS IN ALIAGA / TURKEY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2024, AS HER FINAL DESTINATION (ARCHIVE PHOTO AS “GODEWIND” 04/2001)

TO BE BROKEN UP:

“PRINCESS M” arrived ship breakers in Aliaga / Turkey, 6 September 2024, as her final destination.

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VESSEL DETAILS:

TYPE: General cargo / Bulk / Container

IMO NO: 7528556

3622 gt / 1851 nt / 4450 mdwt

Delivered from J. J. Sietas Schw., Hamburg / Germany (Yard no 803), in June 1977

Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)

• • 03/05/1977 – Launched
  • 04/06/1977 – Completed and delivered
• “KAREN OLTMANN” from delivery in 06/1977 until 1978
  • From 06/1977 – Owned by Reedereiges. Gerhard Oltmann KG., Germany. (reg. Hamburg)
• “NEERLANDIA” from 1978 until 1985
• “KAREN OLTMANN” from 1985 until 1989
  • From 1985 – Owned by Reedereiges. Gerhard Oltmann KG., Antigua & Barbuda.
• “GERANTA” from 1989 until 10/1989
  • From 10/1989 – Owned by KS Geranta, Norway.
• “GRACECHURCH STAR” from 10/1989 until 11/1994
• “UB PANTHER” from 11/1994 until 11/1997
  • From 11/1994 – Owned by UB Shipping Ltd., Norway.
  • From 1996 – Owned by Ugland Container Carriers Ltd., Cayman Islands. (reg. George Town)
• “GODEWIND” from 11/1997 until 02/2005
  • From 11/1997 – Owned by P/R Godewind, Antigua & Barbuda.
  • From 1998 – Owned by Blue Ridge Transportes, Portugal.
  • From 2000 – Owned by P/R Godewind., Antigua & Barbuda.
• “TALI MAR” from 02/2005 until 03/2006
  • From 02/2005 – Owned by Mariam Shipping, Wonsan.
• “ROSE S” from 03/2006 until 08/2008
  • From 03/2006 – Owned by Sunny Shipping Ltd., Cambodia.
• “TOUAREG” from 08/2008 until 02/2012
  • From 08/2008 – Owned by A.M. Mansour, Sierra Leone.
  • From 2010 – Owned by A.M. Mansour, Georgia.
• “OLYMPIC A” from 02/2012 until 12/2012
  • From 02/2012 – Owned by BKI Shipping Co. SA., Cambodia.
• “PRINCESS MARIA” from 12/2012 until 06/2022
  • From 12/2012 – Owned by Al Maria Maritime Co. Ltd., Tanzania.
  • From 2014 – Owned by Al Maria Maritime Co. Ltd., Comoros.
  • From 03/2019 – Togo flag.
• “PRINCESS M” from 06/2022 until breaking in 2024
  • From 06/2022 – Lebanese flag. 
  • From 06/2023 – Owned by Med Star Shipping Co. SA., Tripoli / Lebanon 
  • Mid 2024 – Sold to ship breakers in Turkey
  • 29/08/2024 – Arrived Aliaga anchorage / Turkey
  • 06/09/2024 – Beached Aliaga / Turkey, as her final destination

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ARCHIVE PHOTO:

Here seen as “GODEWIND” / reg. Hamburg (ATG), passing Hook of Holland in New Waterway, 19 April 2001, on her way to Rotterdam.

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