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Pre-Anco Parcel Tanker Service

 

IVER BUGGE SHIPS    HALDOR VIRIK SHIPS

SCHRØDER & FARSTAD

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A O ANDERSEN SHIPS

 

BUCCANEER  1938

BEDUIN  1936

BUCCANEER  1950

BOHEME  1956

ANDY 1959

BEREAN 1961

 

BEDUIN

8,136 grt ; 12,520 dwt

Built 1936  Gothenburg, Sweden. 

For A. O. Andersen Shipping Co., A/S, Oslo

Call Sign : LJDD.

1941  26th February ; BEDUIN was on a voyage Aruba - Bermuda – Clyde, with a cargo of 11,000 tons of petrol; on March 16th she was inward bound in Convoy

HX-112, consisting of 41 ships, escorted by 5 destroyers and 2 corvettes commanded by Commander MacIntyre on HMS WALKER.

In position 61N : 13W,  U-99 torpedoed BEDUIN.

 

BUCCANEER (1)

Built 1927  NV Scheepbouw Mij., Nieuwe Waterweg, Schiedam

Yard Nr 141

8,860 dwt

11.5 knots

8 cyl B&W Diesel; 2500 bhp

1927   Launched as the DUIVENDRECHT

1938   BUCCANEER ; A.O Andersen Shipping Co. Oslo, Norway

1942   1st April : Lost in Operation Performance.

 

Ships of Operation Performance

For Full Story of Kvarstad Ships, see

http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/kvarstad.html

The Ships

 

Buccaneer(1)  as Duivendrecht

 

BUCCANEER (2)  became ANCO STREAM

      [ Sister to SANDEFJORD 1950 and SVANAAS 1949 ]

5,675 grt

Built 1950  A/B Gotaverken Gothenburg.

For A O Andersen Shipping Co A/S Eftf

415ft x 55ft 2ins x 31ft 8ins

6 cyl 2s csa diesel by A/B Gotaverken.

Call Sign :  LLAL.

Registered Oslo, Norway.

1964  ANCO STREAM ; A.O. Andersen Shipping Co. A/S, Norway

1966  LUISITO ; Nav.Generale Siciliana, Italy

1970  SICILTRADER ; Siciltrade Cia. di Armamento, Italy

1970  ZENAIDE-A ; Trasmare Trasporti Maritimi SpA, Italy

Arrived at Spezia 18th December 1979 for demolition by Decomar.

 

BOHEME   became ANCO STORM 

Built 1955  Tangen Vaerft, Kragero, Norway ; launched 10th December.

Yard Nr 3

8841 grt, 5086 nrt, 13,050 dwt

508ft 10ins x 63ft 7ins x 27ft 9ins

7-cyl Gotaverken diesel, 5250 bhp.

14 knots

1956  BOHEME ; Delivered to AO Andersen Shipping Co AS, Oslo.

1959  Transferred to A/S AO Andersen & Co's Eftf., Oslo

1962  20th October : In collision and on fire; fire extinguished 2 days later.

1964  ANCO STORM ; Anco Shipping Ltd (manager Athel Line Ltd).

          Remeasured to 8650 grt, 4824 nrt

          ANCO SOUND ; Transferred Collingwood Tankers Ltd

          (manager Athel Line Ltd).

Fate unknown.

 

ANDY

Built 1947  Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Monfalcone

Yard Nr : 1728

762 brt; 400 nrt; 1,107 dwt

189.1 x 32.3 x 13.4

5cyl. 2T EV FIAT DM, 750 bhp

Call Sign : LMME

1947  Launched as VÅGAN for Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab, Stokmarknes.

1951  Sold to Skibs-A/S Marie Bakke (Knut Knutsen OAS), Haugesund.

          Renamed BAKKE BOY

1952  Sold again Skips-A/S Lena (I. A. Hamre & Sønner), Oslo.

          Renamed GRETA H.

1957  Taken over  Skips-A/S Greta H (I. A. Hamre & Sønner), Oslo

1959  Sold tol A/S A. O. Andersen & Co.’s Eftf., Oslo. Renamed ANDY

1960  Remeasuerd at Haugesunds Mek. Verksted

          889 brt, 1290 dwt ; 220.6 x 32.3 x 13.3

1961  Incorporated  I/S Andy (Finn Wahlstrøm), Oslo.

1965  Sold Nieves Hermanos, San Juan, Puerto Rico/Santo Domingo, Dom.Rep.

          Renamed  VENUS II

2005  Still working.

 

BEREAN   became ANCO STATE 

Built 1961  Haugesund M.V.,Haugesund

9,003 grt

For A/S A.O. Andersen & Co., Eftf., Oslo, Norway

1964  Renamed ANCO STATE by A/S A. O. Andersen & Co, Norway.

1967  SAGA STATE ; Ole Schroder & Co., Norway

1970  POST RUNNER ; Ocean SS Co Ltd. & P & O St. Nav. Co Ltd , UK

1978  ARGENPUMA ; Two Arrows Mar. & Post service Ltd., Panama

1979  ACRON C  ; Grettel Mar. Corp., Panama

1980  CHELSEA PIONEER ; Osiwell Ltd., Panama

1981  CHELSEA PIONEER ; Osiwell Ltd. & Siwell International

          Shipping Ltd., Panama

1983  PIONEER II ; Koronas Shipping Corp., Panama

1984  LARA ; Lara Shipping Corp., Panama

Arrived at Castellon, Spain, 20 August 1984 for demolition by I.M. Varela Davalillo.

 

 

 

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