– Year: 1978
– Keel: 22.9.77
– Builder: Mitsubishi of Hiroshima.
– Country of build: JPN
– Yard No: 292
– Type: Bulk carrier
– Launch Date: 29.11.77
– Date of completion: 3.3.78
– Flag: Italy
– Length overall: 148.0
– LPP: 138.0
– Beam: 23.1
– GRT: 12077
– DWT: 16325

Machinery Overview: 1 oil engine driving 1 FP propeller
– Total Power: Mcr 8,500kW (11,557hp), Csr 7,281kW (9,899hp)
– Service Speed: 15.25kts.

Prime Mover Detail: Design: Sulzer, Engine Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd – Japan – 1 x 6RND68, 2 Stroke, Single Acting, In-Line (Vertical)
– 6 Cy. 680 x 1250, Mcr: 8,500 kW (11,557 hp) at 157 rpm.

Subsequent History: 86 EDITH
– 87 CABO MELE SECONDO
– 5.97 (Malta)
– 9.97 MELEA
– 10.02 ELIZAVETA
– 10.03 (Georgia)
– 1.06 (Sierra Leone)
– 1.07 AQUAMARINA (Georgia)
– 5.07 CLIPPER SUN (Panama)
– 4.09 (Sierra Leone)
– 7.09 ADI I
– 10.12 (Togo)
– 6.13 In Service/Commission – TBUX

Laid Up (contrained) in 1998 and more 2 times in 2001
in Brindisi (Italy),
in 2004 at Lisbon(Portugal),
in 2008 Grèce,
in 2009 à Novorossiysk (Russia)
and in 2012 at Mersin (Turchie)
then in Damiette (Egypt).

BU at Alang (India) sold for Scrap for 490 $ per tonne.

Omniron, glad to hear that the photo refreshed some memories for you.. Kind regards..

Mehmet, thank you for posting, I can't believe she is still afloat after 36 years. I went aboard her when she first called at Sydney Australia when owned by ANL as I worked for them at the time