FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“SONATA” / reg. Klaipeda, passing Cuxhaven / Germany (eastbound), 10 August 2001.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: General cargo / Bulk
IMO NO: 7530860
1995 gt / 997 nt / 2150 mdwt
Delivered from Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation, Yamaguchi / Japan (Yard no 503), in August 1977.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 15/11/1976 – Keel laid
- 10/03/1977 – Launched
- 31/08/1977 – Completed and delivered
- “OELAND” from 08/1977 until 1983
- From 08/1977 – Owned by P/R ms “Eoeland”, Germany.
- From 08/1977 – German flag. (reg. Hamburg)
- “OELAND II” from 1983 until 1987
- From 1983 – Owned by Sigma Schiffahrts GmbH KG., Germany.
- “GRODEN” from 1987 until 1994
- From 1987 – Owned by Golden Schiffahrts GmbH., Germany.
- From 1987 – Antigua & Barbuda flag. (reg. St. John)
- “GROUSE” from 1994 until 11/1997
- From 1994 – Owned by Sunset Shipping Co. Ltd., Cyprus.
- From 1994 – Cyprus flag. (reg. Limassol)
- From 1997 – Antigua & Barbuda flag.
- “SONATA” from 11/1997 until 05/2005
- From 11/1997 – Owned by Limarka JS Co., Lithuania.
- From 11/1997 – Lithuanian flag. (reg. Klaipeda)
- “FAITHFUL” from 05/2005 until 08/2008
- From 05/2005 – Owned by Anka Trade Inc.
- From 05/2005 – Georgian flag. (reg. Batumi)
- From 10/2006 – Dominican flag. (reg. Portsmouth)
- “KAMELIA” from 08/2008 until breaking in 2013.
- From 08/2008 – Owned by Avior Shipping Ltd., Tbilisi / Georgia.
- From 08/2008 – Sierra Leone flag. (reg. Freetown)
- From 09/2009 – Comoros flag. (reg. Moroni)
- From 09/2009 – Sierra Leone flag. (reg. Freetown)
- From 02/2011 – Tanzanian flag. (reg. Zanzibar)
- 07/04/2013 – Beached Aliaga / Turkey as her final destination.
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