FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“GECO TOPAZ” / reg. Panama, moored in Stavanger (Bekhuskaien) / Norway, 13 April 2001.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Seismic / Research
IMO NO: 9048689
4547 gt / 1365 nt / 1172 mdwt
Delivered from Brattvaag Skipsverft AS., Brattvaag / Norway (Yard no 56), in March 1993.
Name, owner and flag history:
- 10/10/1992 – Launched
- 19/03/1993 – Completed
- “GECO TOPAZ” from delivery 19/03/1993 until breaking in 2018
- From 19/03/1993 – Owned by Shearwater Geoservices Assets V AS., Laksevåg / Bergen.
- From 19/03/1993 – Norwegian (NIS) flag. (reg. Stavanger)
- From 21/01/1994 – Panama flag.
- From 07/2001 – Owned by Seismic Shipping Inc.
- From 01/2010 – Owned by Shearwater Geoservices Assets – Care of Reflection Marine UK. Ltd., London Gatwick Airport – Gatwick / United Kingdom.
- 2018 – Sold to ship breakers in Turkey.
- 14/05/2018 – Arrived Aliaga anchorage / Turkey.
- 15/05/2018 – Beached in Aliaga / Turkey as her final destination. (Avsar GS)
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