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SWANLAND - IMO 7607431

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Photographer:
Rick Vince [ View profile ]
Title:
Swanland
Location:
Bijela, Montenegro
Added:
Sep 19, 2023
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215
Image Resolution:
3,456 x 2,336

Description:

Unknown date, Adriatic Shipyard, Bijela, Montenegro.

After completion of hull work & maintenance, vessel is being towed 'dead ship' from a floating dock to a fitting out berth.

Keel laid on 27/07/1976, launched on 07/01/1977, & completed on 02/03/1977, by Bijlsma Lemmer Scheepswerf, Lemmer, Netherlands (360)
1,598 g.t. & 3,120 dwt., as:
'Carebeka IX' to 1983,
'Elsborg' to 1988,
'Artemis' to 1994,
'Elsborg' to 1996, and
'Swanland' until 27/11/2011, when the ship foundered in rough seas, when in a position 52.52N, 5.05W, during a laden voyage with limestone, from Llanddulas, Wales, to Cowes, Isle of Wight, England..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Swanland

Six Russian seafarers lost their lives in this tragedy. There were two survivors. Five of the victims bodies were never recovered.

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Current name:
SWANLAND

Former name(s):

 -  Elsborg (Until 1996 Jan)

 -  Artemis (Until 1994 Dec)

 -  Elsborg (Until 1988)

 -  Carebeka Ix (Until 1983)

Vessel Type:
General Cargo
Gross tonnage:
1,978 tons
Summer DWT:
3,150 tons

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Thanks for sharing. Do you have some more photos from same period from Adriatic shipyard Bijela?
Godra

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Hi Godra, no, only these two from that time.
Regards, Rick

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