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.
- From 10/2009 – Owned by Exploration Vessel Resources, Panama.
- “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.
- From 02/2010 – Owned by Exploration Vessel Resources, Lowestoft / UK.
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