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ADVENTURER - IMO 5003576
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T&J Harrison's 1960 built ADVENTURER was photographed passing Portishead, outbound from Avonmouth exactly fifty years ago today, on 1st May 1971 during a voyage from Tanga in Tanzania to Avonmouth, Belfast and Liverpool.
In 1979 ADVENTURER was sold to Capt. S.Karnessis & Mrs D.Vlassakis (European Navigation Inc) of Piraeus who renamed her ELEFTHERIA but laid her up at Ghent on 29 June 1982 and then sold her to breakers at Gadani Beach where work commenced on 11th May 1985.
scanned from a slide in my collection, probably taken by Les Ring
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- Adventurer (Until 1979)
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General cargo ships built 1960-1969 (Over 3000gt) - 11 photos
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In fact, Capt Karnessis was a manager at Eastern Mediterranean Maritime, London, which was Thenamaris represenative office in London, handling chartering and marine insurance matters.
In 1979, Karnessis set up European Navigation Inc, in Piraeus, and Elka Shipping (Lonodon), whose person in charge there was Capt Theo Lembessis, colleague of Karnessis from Thenamaris. Capt Theo still going strong, being the managing director of Elka Shipping (London) at his mid-eighties.
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