SIR CHARLES PARSONS leaves the Tyne. Sorry do date.

And at Wallsend on 27 July 1986.

Govan Shipbuilders. Became BARKO in 2010.

IMO number : 8402840
Name of ship : BARKO (since 01/09/2010)
Call Sign : E5U2730

Gross tonnage : 14201
DWT : 22530
Type of ship : General Cargo Ship (since 01/07/1985)
Year of build : 1985
Flag : Cook islands (since 01/07/2013)


Registered owner BARKO DENIZCILIK TASIMACILIK Daire 27, Kat 14, Blok A, Klas Plaza, Kurtulus Meydani, Ismet Inonu Bulvari 78, Cankaya Mah, 33100 Mersin, Turkey.

SIR CHARLES PARSONS as BARKO leaving the Bosphorus on 13/10/2014, seen from Istanbul.

Details still as above.

SIR CHARLES PARSONS at the Potash Terminal Tees Dock 24.04.96

SIR CHARLES PARSONS in Tees Dock 09.11.89

Nice ships but designed for the Coastal Trade with limited bunkers which very much reduced their resale opportunities.

Bunkers. 28.5 tonnes diesel. 240 tonnes hvf.

For a similar sized Bulk Carrier trading worldwide.

256.5 tonnes diesel. 1,923 tonnes hvf.

Now further renamed: PRINCESS AYAT (since 01/11/2015)

Ron

SIR CHARLES PARSONS outwards past the old Smith's Dock yard. Sorry no date on photo.

Sailing from the Tyne on 18 June 1988.