FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“FONNLAND” / reg. Bergen, moored in Tananger / Norway, 15 November 1997.
This area was later developed to be the ASCO-base in Tananger, and to be more precise “FONNLAND” was here moored at quay 22.
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TYPE: General cargo / Self discharge
IMO NO: 5048083
597 gt / 281 nt / 765 mdwt
Delivered from Astilleros y. Talleres del Noroeste S.A. Ferrol / Spain (Yard no 157), in 1962.
Name history:
- “BONN” from delivery in 1962 until 1968
- Owned by Fred Olsen & Co., Oslo.
- “GARDEGG” from 1968 until 1971
- Owned by Einar M. Gaard A/S P/R, Haugesund.
- “FONNLAND” from 1971 until 2002
- Owned by Mikkal Myklebusthaug, Fonnes / Bergen.
- “MEILANDSVÆRING” from 2002 until 2005
- Owned by Tormod Alvin Henriksen, Skjervøy / Tromsø.
- “LINN KRISTIN” from 2005 until breaking in 2010.
- From 2005 – 2007 – Owned by Chainco A/S, Haugesund.
- From 2007 – 2010 – Owned by Nordanlinjen A/S (Signe Karoline Aanestad) Haugesund.
“LINN KRISTIN” was sold to breakers during March 2010, and arrived Smedegaarden Shipbreaking in Esbjerg / Denmark, 5 March 2010, as her final destination.
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