Halcyon Loch

From SN Guides

Introduction

Halcyon Loch is included in the list of Court Line Ships based on references to it in the external resources listed below but currently it is not clear what connection Court Line had with her other than that the Halcyon prefix was used by Court Line for its tankers.

She had a working life starting in 1964 and continuing until at least 1983 after which time no information has been discovered. She changed names and owners on several occasions and was involved in a serious collision in 1980.

Basic Data

• Type: Tanker
• Registered owners,managers and operators: D/D Avenir, Skibs A/S Beaulieu, Beaufort and Seattle, Oslo, Norway - Managers B Biornstad & Co.
• Builders: Stordt Verft A/S
• Yard: Lervik
• Country: Norway
• Yard number: 548
• Registry: N/K
• Official number: 360979
• Signal letters: N/K
• Call sign: N/K
• Classification society: N/K
• Gross tonnage: 34,794
• Net tonnage: 22,682
• Deadweight: N/K
• Length: 743.51 ft
• Breadth: 105.75 ft
• Depth: 51.51 ft
• Draught: N/K
• Engines: 9 Cylinder 2SA Oil Engine
• Engine builders: Akers Mekaniska Verkstads A/S
• Works: Oslo
• Country: Norway
• Power: N/K
• Propulsion: N/K
• Speed: N/K
• Capacity:N/K
• Crew: N/K

Career Highlights

• 1964: Launched as Beau
• 1964: Completed
• 1972: Sold to A/S Avanti, A/S Navali and A/S Turicum, Oslo, Norway - Managers Tschudi & Eitzen - and renamed Sibeau
• 1973: Sold to Rodocanachi Leasing Ltd. London and renamed Halcyon Loch
• 1974: Renamed Woodburn
• 1979: Sold to Mermain Cia.Mar.S.A. Piraeus, Greece - Managers Dolphin Maritime Corp. - and renamed Yeota E
• 1980: Involved in a collision with Pezzata Rossa
• 1982: Renamed Yeo
• 1983: Sold to Silentsea Shipping Incorporated, Piraeus, Greece and renamed Stefania A

Service History

Little is known of her service history apart from the several changes in ownership and names.

She was involved in a collision in 1980 at Canakkale with the livestock carrier Pezzata Rossa which sustained serious damage forward.

No information has been discovered about the final disposal of this ship and if any reader has information about this they are invited to contact SN member Benjidog so that this entry can be updated. Unusually there is nothing about this ship on the Miramar website under any of her names or her official number.

External resources

1. Miramar Ship Index: [1]
2. Information extracted from Lloyds Registers
3. Norman Middlemiss: Travel of the Tramps - Twenty Tramp Fleets ISBN: 1871128021

Images

1. From The Allen Collection: [2]

Main Contributors

1. Basic information from Clive Ketley and John Powell
2. Additional research and structure of entry by Benjidog