FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“TANTO” / reg. Nassau, moored i Dusavika offshore base outside Stavanger, 16 January 1999.
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TYPE: General cargo
IMO NO: 5352496
1003 gt / 479 nt / 1250 mdwt
Delivered from Falkenbergs Varv AB., Sweden (Yard no 127), in 1960.
Name history:
- “TANTO” from delivery in 1960 until she sank in 2002
9 February 2002:
“TANTO”, was on her way from Båtsfjord in Norway to Bremen in Germany, loaded with 1150 tonnes fish products, when she grounded between Bodø and Bliksvær at 23:30hrs.
At 14:00hrs, the day after, she slipped off and sank on deep water.
“TANTO” was owned by Elmar AS. (Holden Accounting Service), Bahamas.
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