FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“AQUAMARINE” / reg. Monrovia, seen “high and dry” at Kolstø – Karmøy in Norway, 16 March 2000.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Offshore support vessel
IMO NO: 7909463
3080 gt / 924 nt / 1120 mdwt
Delivered from Wärtsilä Oy. Ab., Turku/Åbo – Finland (Yard no 1250), in 1980.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 19/02/1980 – Keel laid
- 25/07/1980 – launched as “AQUAMARINE”
- 29/12/1980 – Completed and delivered
- “SHEARWATER AQUAMARINE” from delivery in 12/1980 until 1985
- “BLACK GOLD AQUAMARINE” from 1985 until 1988
- “DYNAMIC AQUAMARINE” from 1988 until 1989
- “AQUAMARINE” from 1989 until 2003
- “BIBBY AQUAMARINE” from 2003 until 2011
- “ALTUS EXERTUS” from 2011 until breaking in 2018/2019
- 12/2018 – Sold to ship breakers
- 08/12/2018 – Arrived Bhavnagar anchorage / India.
- 10/12/2018 – Shifted to Alang anchorage / India.
- 25/12/2018 – Beached at Alang / India (RK Industries Unit II), as her final destination.
@ photo – www.maritime-pics.com
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Also seen in Aberdeen UK, 7 November 2001 – Link to article below:
FROM THE ARCHIVE – “AQUAMARINE” MOORED IN ABERDEEN UK, 7 NOVEMBER 2001 (BROKEN UP AS “ALTUS EXERTUS” IN INDIA 2018/19)
