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LEVANT - IMO 6720937

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Photographer:
Rick Vince [ View profile ]
Captured:
Aug 1, 1980
Title:
Levant
Photo Category:
Ship's Deck
Added:
Feb 28, 2021
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149
Image Resolution:
3,076 x 2,007

Description:

01/08/1980, evening time, Lyme Bay, Devon, England.

The Shell tanker 'Halia' (to the right) lightening the motor tanker 'Levant' of some 18,000 tons of crude oil, which was delivered to Stanlow oil refinery, England.

Levant:
Keel laid 15/04/1967, launched on 01/07/1967 and completed at the shipyard on 12/10/1967, by Mitsui, Tamano, Japan (733)
42,450 g.t. and 79,582 dwt., as:
'Gimlevang' to 1978.
'Levant' to 1982,
'Mega Pilot' to 1986 &
'Lady Rose' until sunk by air-launched guided missile on the 11/07/1986, when South of Kharg Island, whilst on a ballast voyage from Piraeus, Greece to Kharg Island, Iran.
The ship was salvaged and sold to Taiwan for demolition, arriving at Kaohsiung on 19/02/1987.

Halia:
Keel laid during March 1956, launched on 29/08/1957 and completed during March 1958 by Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, England (730)
12,180 g.t. and 18,370 dwt., as:
'Halia', until sold to Spain for demolition, and arrived at San Esteban de Pravia, Spain on 28/8/1985.

Vessel
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Current name:
LADY ROSE

Former name(s):

 -  Mega Pilot (Until 1986)

 -  Levant (Until 1982)

 -  Gimlevang (Until 1978)

Vessel Type:
Tanker
Gross tonnage:
41,957 tons
Summer DWT:
80,859 tons

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Yvon Perchoc

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Rick Vince

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