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Hearts of Oak
Athel Line –
Anco
Anco Ships
6 sisters
Built for Athel Line 1971/2
by
Uddevallavarvet AB, Uddevalla, Sweden
ANCO
EMPRESS
14,780 grt; 10,500 hp; 557 ft length; 24,221 dwt
Built
April 1971 Uddevallavarvet AB,
Uddevalla, Sweden.
Yard Nr 238
For Athel Line Ltd. UK.
1981 ANCO EMPRESS ; Ovalbreak Ltd. UK
1981 ANCO EMPRESS ; PAL Tanker Co. Ltd. UK
1983 GLOBE EMPRESS ; Empress Inc., Liberia
1988 EMPRESS ; Greenpoint Mar. Ltd., Liberia
1992 EMPRESS ; Ocean Spirit Ltd., Liberia
1995 NEW EMPRESS; Emperor Nav SA., Liberia
1997 EMPRESS
TRADER; M A Karageorgis SA, Greece; Liberia [Transmarine Mgm Köpenhamn]
1998 EMPRESS Empress Ltd., Norway [Transmarine Mgm
Köpenhamn]
Sold for
scrapping; arrived Alang on 5th April 2000
Anco Empress
Two photographs kindly
provided by
Paul Strathdee
ANCO PRINCESS
15,402 grt; 23,985 dwt; 7 cyl B&W 8,459 kW;
556.8 x 81.4 x 31.8 ft
Built 1971
Uddevallavarvet AB, Uddevalla, Sweden.
Yard
Nr 239
For Athel Line Ltd. UK.
1981 ANCO
PRINCESS; Lewis Separates [Norwich] Ltd. UK.
1981 ANCO
PRINCESS; Siwell Tankships Ltd. UK
1981 Renamed
MOLAVENTURE; New Providence Tanker Corp., Liberia
1982 Renamed JAMAC;
Atlantic Freighter Corp., Monrovia, Liberia.
Arrived at Alang, India, 16th October 1993 for
demolition. Scrapped 1999.
Anco Princess
ANCO SCEPTRE
Built 1971 Uddevallavarvet AB, Uddevalla, Sweden.
Yard
Nr 240
15,401 grt; 23,985 dwt; 7 cyl B&W 8,459 kW;
556.8 x 81.4 x 31.8 ft
For Athel Line Ltd. UK.
M/V ANCO SCEPTRE : Collision with the Crown Central Petroleum Corporation Pier on the Houston Ship Channel, Houston, Texas, February 9, 1978.
1978 ANCO
SCEPTRE; John Swire & Sons Ltd., Douglas IOM, UK
1983 STOLT
SCEPTRE; Skibs A/S Nanset, Larvik, Norway
1991 IVER
SCEPTRE; Iver Bugge, Norway
1992 SCEPTRE;
East View Shipping. Co. Ltd., Cyprus
1997 SCEPTRE;
Serenade Trading Ltd., Malta
2000 SCEPTRE;
Canberra Mar. Ltd., Panama
Arrived at Alang, India, 20
July 2003 for demolition.
Anco Sceptre
(The last three letters have faded completely)
ANCO SOVEREIGN
Built 1972 Uddevallavarvet AB, Uddevalla, Sweden.
Yard
Nr 241
15,003
grt; 23,985
dwt; 7 cyl B&W 8,459 kW;
556.8 x 81.4 x 31.8 ft
For Athel Line Ltd. UK.
1983
Sabre Shipping, Bermuda
1984
Renamed IVER SOVEREIGN; Iver Bugge, Norway
1994
Renamed LADY SOVEREIGN; Siwell International Shipping Ltd, Liberia
1996
scrapped Alang, India
Anco Sovereign
as Iver Sovereign
Anco Sovereign
as Iver Sovereign
ANCO STANE
Built 1972
Uddevallavarvet AB, Uddevalla, Sweden.
Yard
Nr 242
15,401 grt; 23,299 dwt; 7 cyl B&W 8,459 kW;
556.8 x 81.4 x 31.8 ft
For Athel Line Ltd. UK
1980 ANCO STANE;
John Swire & Sons Ltd., UK
1983 Renamed
STOLT STANE; John Swire & Sons Ltd., UK
1988 Renamed IVER
STANE; K/S Iver Stane [Skibs A/S Nanset], Norway
1991 Renamed
ALDEBARAN IV; Sabada Spring. Ltd., Panama [Transmarine
Mgm Köpenhamn]
Arrived Alang, India, 17th September 1993 for
demolition.
Anco Stane as Iver Stane
ANCO TEMPLAR 1972
Built
1972 Uddevallavarvet AB, Uddevalla,
Sweden.
Yard
Nr 243
15,401 grt; 23,985 dwt; 7 cyl B&W 8,459 kW;
556.8 x 81.4 x 31.8 ft
For Athel Line Ltd., UK
1980 ANCO
TEMPLAR; John Swire & Sons Ltd., UK
1983 Renamed
STOLT TEMPLAR; John Swire & Sons Ltd., UK
1993 Renamed
TEMPLAR; K/S Iver Templar [Iver Bugge, Larvik], Bahamas
1996 TEMPLAR;
Vision Spg. Inc., Bahamas [Iver Bugge, Larvik]
1997 TEMPLAR;
Olgren International Ltd, Bahamas
1998 Renamed
WARRIOR; Heather Spring. Corp., Bahamas [Multi Trading Shipping, Piraeus]
2003 Arrived at Alang,
India, 22nd July 2003 for demolition.
Anco Templar
Photograph kindly provided by
Joe McMillan
Raymond
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