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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
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.
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.
Raymond
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