Simpele 1960

601

SIMPELE

1960 - 1973

General Cargo Motorship, two decks - Open Shelterdecker

Call: OGBU    LR# 5328835   Ice class: I A

1,994 GRT, 1,018 NRT, 3,650 dwt

96.88 x 14.20 x 5.83 m

Diesel Engine 4 SA 6 cy. MAN  K6Z 57/80-A

by Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg A.G., Augsburg

1,942 kW / 2,640 BHP       13 knots

3.5.1960:

Launched by Rauma-Repola Oy, Rauman Telakka, Rauma /Raumo (#107) and named SIMPELE by Mrs. Tellervo Waldén.

 22.9.1960:

Completed and delivered to Yhtyneet Paperitehtaat Oy (United Paper Mills Ltd.), Rauma /Raumo (601), (c/o Oy Finnlines Ltd, Helsinki /Helsingfors).

26.2.1973:

Sold to Ab Vasa Shipping Oy, (Sixten Erickson), Vaasa /Vasa (238) and renamed LISA.

14.2.1974:

Sold to Oy Vasa Ocean Carriers Ab, (Jan Wasenius), Vaasa.

17.7.1975:

Sold to Luen Yick Shipping Co., Macao, (Yick Fung Shipping & Enterprises Co. Ltd., Hong Kong as registered owners). Renamed AI SHAN and registered in Mogadishu, Somalia.

1976:

Transferred to Panama flag by Yick Fung Shipping & Enterprises Co. Ltd.

1980:

Taken over by China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO), Guangzhou / Canton and renamed LING JIANG.

1986:

Transferred to Zhejiang Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO ZHEJIANG), Ningbo, Zhejiang Prov.

10.1994:

Transferred to Zhejiang Haimen Shipping Service Co., Ningbo and renamed ZHE HAI 319.

2002:

The above latest change of owners and name was never listed in Lloyd´s Register.

Vessel´s further existence in doubt.

©MAP 19.3.2004 file:RaumLaiv/Simpele.doc