LINDISFARNE - 1960

LINDISFARNE - 1960

Postby northeast » Sun Mar 10, 2013 5:29 pm

At Cardiff on 6/9/1967
LINDISFARNE1960C.jpg

1960, 12733grt. ore carrier
J. L. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland (699) for Bamburgh Shipping (Souter), Newcastle
1975 COSMOS TRADERS
1979 BONG SAN, North Korea
Broken up in China 4/1996
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Re: LINDISFARNE - 1960

Postby fitter » Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:01 pm

36 years old ???
Doxford 670LBD4 engine, no 329
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Re: LINDISFARNE - 1960

Postby northeast » Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:31 pm

Yes, she lasted well although wonder if the North Koreans kept her seaworthy!
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Re: LINDISFARNE - 1960

Postby Dennis Maccoy » Sun Nov 20, 2016 4:18 pm

Off Gourock on 26 July 1970.
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Regards, Dennis.
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Re: LINDISFARNE - 1960

Postby shipbroker » Sun Nov 20, 2016 10:37 pm

Ah yes I remember her well,and her usual Master,George Robison.

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Re: LINDISFARNE (IMO 5208968)

Postby Keelman » Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:47 pm

Lindisfarne .jpg
Launched 23rd March 1960 by Joseph L Thompson & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, for the Bamburgh Shipping Co. Ltd. (managers W.A. Souter & Co.Ltd., Newcastle)
Completed July 1960
4-cyl. 2SCSA Doxford-type oil engine 670 x 2,320, 4,400 BHP, 12 knots
1975 Sold to Singapore Cosmos Shipping Co., Singapore, renamed COSMOS TRADERS
1979 Sold to the Korea Tonghae Shipping Co. (Government of the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, renamed BONG SAN
1996 Reported sold to Chinese shipbreakers

Pictured outward bound the Clyde, passing Custom House Quay, Greenock, 29th June 1965
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Re: LINDISFARNE - 1960

Postby magoonigal » Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:51 pm

Cracking Picture, Young Man. :)
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Re: LINDISFARNE - 1960

Postby Keelman » Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:59 pm

Thanks Paul. Showing a few cracks myself these days! :shock:
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Re: LINDISFARNE - 1960

Postby Hornbeam » Sun Jan 03, 2021 5:16 pm

Keelman wrote:Thanks Paul. Showing a few cracks myself these days! :shock:

Do we need to get hold of the Metlok man? 8-)
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Re: LINDISFARNE - 1960

Postby magoonigal » Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:20 am

:D Used him a few times in the Gas Industry as well.
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