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ALBRIGHT PIONEER - IMO 6815043
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Derek/s pic of BRIGITTE at Ipswich was very interesting; this is her in original guise as ALBRIGHT PIONEER taken in Glasgow in 1987 after a routine drydocking.
As Derek said, she was originally built for Albright and Wilson as a phosphate carrier.
IMO Added 6815043 6,789grt Built 1968 as Chemical Carrier later used as phosphates carrier.
Bright Pioneer 1990 - Brigitte 1991 - Searaider 1994 - Raider 2001 BU Aliaga 2001
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Ken Smith
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- Searaider (Until 2000 Dec)
- Brigitte (Until 1994 Oct)
- Bright Pioneer (Until 1991 Feb)
- Albright Pioneer (Until 1990 Feb)
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I believe this ship and her sister 'Albright Explorer' were actually built to carry liquid phosphorus [not phosphate].
If I recall my chemistry from more years ago than I care to remember, phosphorus ignites on contact with air - hence the special equipment on deck to handle this cargo.
In contrast, phosphate is a rock. Albright & Wilson also owned at least 3 smaller ships that carried phosphate rock from [if I recall correctly] Morocco to Whitehaven - the 'Marchon Enterprise' [blt 1962], 'Marchon Trader' [1957] and 'Marchon Venturer' [1962].
David Ford
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Regards from Croatia - M. Kronja
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Thanks for posting this one, great to see her in her original form. I expect they took off the deck equipment before she was sold.
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Derek
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