FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“BUE CANNA” / reg. Aberdeen, departing Aberdeen UK, 2 November 2001.
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TYPE: Standby (Ex: Supply)
IMO NO: 7711282
836 gt / 258 nt / 950 mdwt
Delivered from Estanave Estaleiros Amazonia, Manaus / Brazil (Yard no 148), in September 1980.
HISTORY:
- 12 September 1977 – Keel laid.
- September 1978 – Launched.
- August 1979 – Completed.
- “SAPE” from delivery in 1980 until 1990
- “SEABOARD SAPPHIRE” from 1990 until 1995
- Converted from supply (PSV) to standby / safety vessel.
- From 02/1990 – UK flag.
- “HORNBECK SAPPHIRE” from 1995 until 1997
- Owned by Hornbeck Offshore.
- “SAPPHIRE TIDE” from 1997 until 2000
- “BUE CANNA” from 2000 until 2007
- “VIKING CANNA” a period in 2007
- “VOS CANNA” from 2007 until breaking in 2010.
- From 06/2007 – Owned by Offshore Support Vessels IV. – Care of Vroon Offshore Services Ltd., Aberdeen / United Kingdom.
- 2010 – Broken up at Smedegaarden Shipbreakers in Esbjerg / Denmark.
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