FROM THE ARCHIVE – “CGG FØHN” APPROACHING PETERHEAD UK, 14 JULY 2001 (BROKEN UP AS “OCEAN DISCOVERY” IN GRAVENDEEL / DORDRECHT NL 2016)

FROM THE ARCHIVE:

“CGG FØHN” / reg. Port aux Francais, approaching Peterhead UK, 14 July 2001.

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VESSEL DETAILS:

TYPE: Seismic / Research

IMO NO: 8112550

4027 gt (3705 gt from 02/2010) / 1208 nt / 1500 mdwt

Delivered from Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk AS., Flekkefjord / Norway (Yard no 83), in March 1983.

Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)

    • 12/1981 – Keel laid
    • 10/1982 – Launched
    • 30/03/1983 – Completed and delivered
  • “RIG MASTER” from delivery in 03/1983 until 1994
    • From 03/1983 – Owned by KS. AS. Rig Seismic II, Ålesund / Norway. (Uksøy & Co. AS., Brattvåg / Norway)
    • From 03/1983 – Norwegian (NOR) flag. (reg. Ålesund)
    • From 03/1989 – Owned by Rig Master Inc. (Uksøy & Co. AS., Brattvåg / Norway), Monrovia / Liberia.
    • From 03/1989 – Liberia flag. (reg. Monrovia)
    • From 03/1991 – Owned by KS. AS. Rig Seismic II (Uksøy & Co. AS., Brattvåg / Norway), Ålesund / Norway.
    • From 03/1991 – Norwegian (NIS) flag. (reg. Ålesund)
  • “CGG FØHN” from 1994 until 10/2009
    • 1994 – Lenghtened
    • From 02/1996 – Owned by Oltramare Shipping Co. SA. (Louis Dreyfus Armatores SNC.), Panama.
    • From 02/1996 – Panama flag.
    • From 05/1997 – Owned by Seismique F, GIE Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SA. (Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SNC.), Port aux Francais – Kerguelen / Antarctic Terr.
    • From 05/1997 – French flag. (reg. Port aux Francais)
    • From ??/2005 – Owned by Seismique F, GIE Louis Dreyfus Seismique SA. (Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS.), Marseille / France.
    • From ??/2005 – French flag. (reg. Marseille)
  • “FOHN” from 10/2009 until 02/2010
    • From 10/2009 – Owned by Exploration Vessel Resources, Panama.
      • From 10/2009 – Managed by GC Rieber Shipping AS., Bergen / Norway.
    • From 10/2009 – Panama flag.
  • “OCEAN DISCOVERY” from 02/2010 until breaking in 2016.
    • From 02/2010 – Owned by Exploration Vessel Resources, Lowestoft / UK.
      • From 02/2010 – Managed by Gardline Shipping Ltd., Great Yarmouth. / UK.
    • From 02/2010 – UK flag. (reg. Lowestoft)
    • 11/11/2015 – Arrived ship breakes in Gravendeel / Dordrecht NL as her final destination.
    • 03/2016 – Work began.

 

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