FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“OCEAN PRINCESS” / reg. Panama, working close to Buchan-field / North Sea (UK sector), 25 August 2001.
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TYPE: Drilling rig
IMO NO: 8751746
13 451 gt / 12 310 mdwt
Delivered from Nylands Verksted, Oslo / Norway, in 1975.
Name history:
- “TREASURE HUNTER” from delivery in 1975 until 1989
- “HUNTER” from 1989 until 1992
- “DAN PRINCESS” from 1992 until 1994
- “OCEAN PRINCESS” from 1994 until ???
- “GRACE 1” from ??? until breaking in 2023.
“OCEAN PRINCESS” (“GRACE 1”?), left Invergordon during May 2023, under tow to Turkey to be recycled.
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