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Ekpan Chieftan
Transcribed from the Penzance Shipping Registers
ON
362468
Nr 8 in
1974 at Port of Penzance
Change of
name of ex Dutch vessel NORA authorised with the sanction of the Secretary of
State for Trade and Industry.
Minuted
RSS 127/74 dated 29th March 1974.
Gross
Tonnage 461.28; 227.7 Register Tonnage
1305.42
cu m; 644.39 cu m.
Accommodation
certified for seamen 9
Date of
Entry 16th May 1974; 2 pm.
Owners:
Corineus Lines Ltd., formerly Higher Road, Breage
(revised in
pencil to) 2,
Church Row, Porthleven ( 3rd November 1975 ).
All 64
shares in that ownership. Name Change of company 13th September 1975.
Manager
: Andrew Mullion Barwick Bell of Porthleven.
1
Mortgage dated 4th May 1974 with Scheepshypotheek Bank, Nedeland NV.,
Eendracht
Splein 10, Rotterdam, Holland.
2 Iffie
Corineus Lines Limited. 13th Sep 1974; 4pm. Mortgage dated 9th Sep 1974. Freight
Express-Seacon Ltd, Express Wharf, 38, West Ferry Road, London E14.
3
Freight Express-Seacon Ltd. 29th Jan 1975. Discharge of Mortgage.
4 Iffie
Corineus Lines Limited. 27th Oct 1975 3.30 pm. Mortgage 11th Oct 1975 secured
£40,000 at 18%. Robert Bryan Banton of Trenance, 21, East Close, Middleton on
Sea, Sussex.
Registry
Closed 25th Jan 1977, on sale of vessel to foreigner ( Iranians ).
Motor
Single Screw.
Built
Groningen, Holland
Built
1962, NV Scheepswerf Waterhuizen; J Pattje, Groningen, Holland
Signal
Letters; GUIT
One
Deck, Two Masts, Raked Stem, Cruiser stern, Carvel Built
Steel
Framework Cargo vessel.
3
watertight bulkheads.
157.9 ft
length from forepart of stem to fore side of the rudder stock.
27.6 ft
breadth
9.35 ft
Depth in hold from tonnage deck to tank top amidships.
11.05 ft
Depth from upper deck at sides amidships to bottom of keel.
0.06 ft
Round of Beam on upper deck.
19.85 ft
Length of Engine Room.
One set
Internal Combustion 2 Stroke Single Acting Engine. One Shaft.
1962; NV
Abbingedammer Bronomotorwerfabriek, Abbingedam, Holland.
Six
Cylinder 220mm Reciprocating Engine, Stroke 380mm.
40 nhp;
360 bhp; 10 knots.
As NORA
From
Ruud ( Ships Nostalgia fellow member )
Nora was
launched in 1962 Yard Nr 261
Her call
sign was PGJY and IMO Nr.:5254761
Her
company in the Netherlands was Wijnne & Barends Delfzijl
1975 sold
to the UK as EKPAN CHIEFTAIN,
1978 resold and renamed AL NISER I under the Kuwait flag
23 March
1980 sunk
I
boarded this "fine vessel" as pilot on her first arrival in the UK
under this name of EKPAN CHIEFTAIN. The Master was British but the remaining
crew were all West African. The Master too had clearly been involved in West
African sea going for many years. I was rather taken aback when my coffee was
delivered to the bridge by a steward dressed in perfectly turned out whites.
China cup and sterling silver. Bear in mind this was a second hand, 499grt.,
ex.dutch coaster. Well, I was on board many times thereafter and can report, it
didn't last. Next time we were back to bread and cheese accompanied by a
snarling Alsatian! I gather the cash for her purchase came from the chief of
the Ekpan tribe.
Thanks,
Ruud, for these ….
Although Ekpan Chieftan did on occasion carry mails to
the Isles of Scilly,
she is separately shown here as part of the Penzance
Shipping Registers
Raymond
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