FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“MAERSK DISPATCHER” / reg. Hamilton, moored in Stavanger / Norway, 22 March 1999.
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TYPE: AHTS
IMO NO: 9166376
2556 gt / 810 nt / 2802 mdwt
Delivered from Kværner Leirvik As., Leirvik in Sogn / Norway (Yard no 278), in November 1998.
Name history:
- “MAERSK DISPATCHER” from delivery in 1998 until 2003
- Owned by Lion Offshore Ltd., Hamilton / Bermuda.
- “RAY J. HOPE” from 2003 until 2006
- 2003-2005 – Owned by Tidewater Vessels Inc., Vanuatu / Port Vila.
- 2005-2006 – Owned by Deep Sea Supply Shipowning AS., Vanuatu / Port Vila.
- “SEA TIGER” from 2006 until breaking in 2021/22.
- Owned by Solstad Offshore ASA / Deep Sea Supply Shipowning AS., Norway.
Press release from Solstad Offshore ASA, dated 5 October 2021:
“Subsidiaries of Solstad Offshore ASA has sold seven vessels for recycling. The vessels are Sea Tiger, Normand Atlantic, Normand Borg, Normand Neptun, Sea Pollock, Far Strider and Far Sovereign”
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