by creemaster » Mon Jan 09, 2017 4:02 pm
RIGHT HERE IS THE FULL STORY.....
Ordered by Stephenson Clarke in 1995 as part of a two ship contract and launched as TOPAZ for them in December 1997. However due to delays in their construction Stevies cancelled the contracts and the yard took them over and offered them for resale. During 1997 a prospective sale to Polska Zegluga Morska with conversion to a sulphur carrier fell through.
5.1998: Completed for Rio Topaz Shipping (Egon Oldendorff, Lubeck, managers), Liberia, as WILHELMNE OLDENDORFF. 2002: Renamed RIO TOPAZ. 2003: Renamed WILHELMINE OLDENDORFF. 2005: Renamed RIO TOPAZ. 2006: Sold to Lithianian Shipping Co., Klaipeda and renamed ROMUVA 2016: Sold to Laime Shipping Co. Ltd. (Astramar Shipping Co.Ltd,Riga, managers), Latvia, renamed LAIME and transferred to the Antigua and Barbuda register.
And to complete the story her un namaed sister was completed as THEODOR OLDENDORFF. Would be interesting to find out if she was going to be a Sussex town or precious stone name
Graham