STANECHAKKER
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date11 January 1978
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 37.98m x breadth 10.55m x depth 4.39m
gross tonnage 392 ton
gross tonnage 392 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002658
Keywords
Yard Number: 976
Official Number / (IMO): 361286 / 7636896
Subsequent Name: STANE (2010)
Fate: Last active on 23 December 2020.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Tug (firefighting), 1 deck, forecastle 13.2m, machinery aft.
Owners:
1978: Royal Bank Leasing, managers Shetland Towage Ltd, Lerwick.
08/2010: Wavenrie Ltd., British Virgin Islands, renamed STANE and registered in St.Vincent & the Grenadines.
General History:
Launched 11 January 1978 by Mrs F. L. Dainty, wife of Lt. Col. F. L. Dainty, chairman of Shetland Towage Ltd., owners.
Designed to handle large tankers up to about 300,000 tonnes deadweight at the Shetland terminals. Range 2240 nautical miles.
1989: Caught fire and had to release ESSO BERNICIA, causing oil spill. Esso claimed negligent construction by Hall, Russell. (Pollution from the Carriage of Oil at Sea)
(https://swarb.co.uk/esso-petroleum-co-ltd-v-hall-russell-and-co-ltd-the-esso-bernicia-hl-1989/)
08/2010 Owners Wavenrie Ltd., British Virgin Islands, renamed STANE and registered in St.Vincent & the Grenadines.
Currently:
STANECHAKKER : Sold on to interests (Wavenrie Ltd based in the British Virgin Islands) in Saint Vincent & Grenadines and renamed STANE in August 2010. IMO 7636896; MMSI 375046000; Callsign J8B4381; Last known flag Saint Vincent & Grenadines. Length 35m x Beam 10m x Draught 4.4m, Gross Tonnage 423 tons, Summer DWT 185 tons.
(Source: ShipSpotting.com)
Notes:
STANECHAKKER Shetland name for a wheatear.
2 Vee Oil 4SA each 12 cylinder (254x305 mm) geared to 2 screw shafts, by English Electric, Newton-le-Williows.
