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SPARTAN TIDE

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date1975

Object NameOFFSHORE SUPPLY VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionsgross tonnage: 1080 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002651

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 967
Official Number (IMO): 7342500
Subsequent Names: NICO SHINDAGHA (1991); YENEGOA OCEAN (2008)

Fate: still in service (2012)

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Offshore supply vessel, 1 deck, deck cargo.

Owners:
1975: Tidewater Marine Services (UK) Ltd., Aberdeen.
1991: Nico World II Ltd., Port Vila, Vanuatu, change of name to NICO SHINDAGHA
2003: Nico International, United Arab Emirates, Dubai., registry Port Vila, Flag: Vanuatu
2008: Owners ESL Integrated Services, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, registered Panama, YENEGOA OCEAN,

General History:
11/04/1975:
'Spartan Tide had to wait for tide...' by Jim Kinnaird
'The Aberdeen-built rig-supply and towing vessel SPARTAN TIDE found herself a little sparse on tide yesterday.
So much so that her launching from the Footdee yard of Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd., was delayed by 25 minutes until the flood tide gained sufficient height for the attempt.
Time and tide, it's said, wait for no man - but yesterday man had to wait for the tide. Contrary winds can sometimes upset tidal predictions to quite a degree - and this is apparently what happened yesterday.
In the event it mattered little for no ceremony was arranged to mark the launching of the 191ft SPARTAN TIDE, the second of two ships built by Hall Russell for Tidewater Marine Inc., of New Orleans, under a £2,000,000 contract.
It is the owner's custom instead to arrange a commissioning ceremony when their ships are ready for service.
SPARTAN TIDE is a sister ship to the TROJAN TIDE, named at the handing over ceremony last month by Mrs John Wright, wife of the chairman and managing director of the shipbuilding company.
Tidwater Marine are the largest supply ship operators in the world and their Aberdeen-built vessels are designed for general supply, towage and anchor-handling duties.
The ships are each powered by twin 2875BHP diesel engines driving controllable propellers in Kort nozzles.
They have bow-thrust units to increase manoeuvrability and have a service speed of 13 knots.
Accommodation is arranged for up to 20 people.'
(Aberdeen Press & Journal)

21/06/2009:
Abuja — Graham Egbegi, captain of the ship, MV YENEGOA OCEAN, hijacked on August 5, 2008 by Somali pirates, yesterday said he and nine others aboard the ship lived daily for 10 months between life and death in the camp of the pirates.

Egbedi, David Akpoguma, Namo Musa, Usman Ochoche Agida, Lucky Edoja, John Nkanu, Effiong Joseph, Emma Okon Timothy, Okuns Kalikio and Bassey Etim were hijacked while sailing back home to Nigeria via the Indian Ocean route with their newly purchased vessel. Their hijackers, Somali pirates gave them an option of $1 million ransom fee or face summary execution.

(https://allafrica.com/stories/200906210006.html )

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