HALCYON THE GREAT

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IMO 7102637 , Dead.
Ship Type : Crude Oil Tanker VLCC.
Dim : L x B - 332.3 / 320.1 x 45.6 mtr.
Built in 1971 by Gøtaverken Arendalvarvet AB Gothenburg Sweden as " HALCYON THE GREAT " for Court Line Ltd London United Kingdom.

Tonnage : grt / nrt / tdw - 113.453 / 90.579 / 230.271.
Machinery : Stal-Laval Steam Turbine (HP+LP) - 33.020 Shp.

1974 Court Line Bankruptcy.
1974 Sold to Transocean Tanker Service Inc ( Island Navigation Co Ltd Hong Kong as manager) Monrovia Liberia,renamed " ENERGY PROSPERITY ".
1976 Converted to FSO.

1984 BU Ulsan South Korea.




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Is she the one who did the bolt from Canada?

John T

Yep John!

Yes John, that's her.
Court Line had negotiated a fifteen year charter package, commencing Spring 1971, with Newfoundland Oil, an independent oil group at the time building North America’s first terminal for tankers over 200,000 tons at Come By Chance, Newfoundland. To complete the deal in time Court Line for around £7.5 million, purchased a 226,000 ton tanker already on order at Gotaverken’s Arendal yard in Sweden to be named HALCYON THE GREAT.

HALCYON THE GREAT (1971 - 1974)
O.N. 341376. 113,543g. 90,579n. 230,271d. 1,090’ 3” (BB) x 149’ 9” x 67’ 9 ½”oa.
Two, Stal Laval type steam turbines reduction geared to screw shaft by the shipbuilder. 32,400 shp. 16kts.
19.3.1971: Launched by Gotaverken Arendal AB, Gothenburg (Yard No. 849) for Court Line Ltd (Court Line (Ship Management) Ltd, managers). 5.1971: Completed for 18-year charter to Shell Petroleum, serving a Canadian refinery.
1974: Sold to Transocean Tankers Services Inc (Island Navigation Corp Ltd, Hong Kong, managers) and renamed ENERGY PROSPERITY under Liberia flag.
1978: Used as a storage facility at Teluk Semangka.
1983: Laid up at Busan.
12.8.1984: Arrived at Ulsan for demolition by Hyundai Precision & Industry Company Ltd.

The story of her escape from Canada is enthralling. It's on SN somewhere.

Thanks all.