mv FOURAH BAY

mv FOURAH BAY details

ON 303188
length = 465.0 ft, (141.73 metres)
beam = 62.3 ft, ( 19.00 metres)
depth = 25.2 ft, ( 7.68 metres)

nrt = 4226
grt = 7704
deadweight = 8139

Built by Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock
Yard No. 689
for Elder Dempster Lines Ltd

Sulzer 2 Stroke Single Acting 5 cylinder
760 mm x 1550 mm
7500 bhp
16 knots
5 hatches

launched 7th September 1961 (by Mrs J Payne)
completed 22nd December 1961
registered in Liverpool
maiden voyage 1962, Capt LB Sylvester


sold 5th January 1978 to Xoces Ltd
The Mexican National Line,
renamed MAGDA JOSEFINA
reregistered in Hamilton, Bermud
managed by Ocean Transport and Trading Ltd


sold June 1980 to Faith Shipping Co
for £sterling 555,000
Navarino Shipping and Transport Co SA, Greece
renamed ALEXANDER FAITH
reregistered in Piraeus, Greece
managed by Commercial Shipping Corp SA, Greece

laid up in Piraeus 13th August 1982


sold 15th October 1983 to Lemina Maritime Co Ltd, Cyprus
renamed LEMINA
reregistered in Limassol, Cyprus


sold in 1984 to Abdul Aziz Noor Mohammed & Co
for demolition
arrived at Gadani Beach on 18th March 1983
when demolition commenced.

SISTER VESSELS
FALABA (launched 9th January 1962)
FORCADOS (launched 24th March 1963)
FULANI (launched 27th June 1963)
FREETOWN (launched 19th September 1963)
FIAN ( launched 15th October 1963)


Fourah Bay and Falaba had an 80 tonne derrick at no. 2 hatch

The four later vessels had an additional 2 x 50 ton derricks
at No. 3 and No. 4 hatches


Acknowledgement is made to "The ELDER DEMPSTER Fleet History"
1852 - 1985
by
James E Cowden & John OC Duffy
ISBN 0 9509453 1 5
Mallett Bell Publications
1986

page produced by George Lang

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last update was on 29th September 2010