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BARON MURRAY
Australian
Scottish Ship Management Ltd.
1977 - ?
Length 534.3Ft Beam 75.2 Draft 34.2 Grt 20,819 Net 11,510 Dwt 32,490
Powered by a Mitsui 7 cylinder B & W DE7K7 4 EF oil engine.
April 1977: Completed by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan for Baron
Murray Shipping Co. Ltd., Scottish Ship Management Ltd., Glasgow, managers. Bareboat chartered
to British Phosphate Commissioners.
August
1981: Returned to owners and bareboat chartered to The Australian National line.
1987: Sold to Seafarer Shipping Co. Ltd. Acomarit Maritime Services UK Ltd. Hong Kong flag,
renamed TAIMA.
1988: Sold, renamed HANSA EXPLORER.
1989: Sold, Croma Maritime Ltd. Iason Hellenic Shipping Co. Ltd., managers. Cyprus flag.
Renamed CARAVOS EXPLORER.
2003: Sold, Germtrans. Falcon Shipping, managers. Mongolia flag. Renamed BRAVERY FALCON.
Last Heard Reported broken up.
Information supplied by John Hoskin...http://www.flotilla-australia.com
Photo Credits: The late Don Ross Collection
Cheers and GB
Gordy
Australian
Scottish Ship Management Ltd.
1977 - ?
Length 534.3Ft Beam 75.2 Draft 34.2 Grt 20,819 Net 11,510 Dwt 32,490
Powered by a Mitsui 7 cylinder B & W DE7K7 4 EF oil engine.
April 1977: Completed by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan for Baron
Murray Shipping Co. Ltd., Scottish Ship Management Ltd., Glasgow, managers. Bareboat chartered
to British Phosphate Commissioners.
August
1981: Returned to owners and bareboat chartered to The Australian National line.
1987: Sold to Seafarer Shipping Co. Ltd. Acomarit Maritime Services UK Ltd. Hong Kong flag,
renamed TAIMA.
1988: Sold, renamed HANSA EXPLORER.
1989: Sold, Croma Maritime Ltd. Iason Hellenic Shipping Co. Ltd., managers. Cyprus flag.
Renamed CARAVOS EXPLORER.
2003: Sold, Germtrans. Falcon Shipping, managers. Mongolia flag. Renamed BRAVERY FALCON.
Last Heard Reported broken up.
Information supplied by John Hoskin...http://www.flotilla-australia.com
Photo Credits: The late Don Ross Collection
Cheers and GB
Gordy