Victress
399 grt; 1,612 dwt
Operator: Beck's Scheepvaartkantoor BV, Groningen, Netherlands.
Built: 1963 by NV Bodewes Scheepwerf, Martenshoek, Netherlands. Yard no 471. LR/IMO no 5379901.
Main engine: six-cylinder, two-stroke Brons 6GV of 360 bhp. Speed: 10 knots.
1981-sold to Hibbert Shipping Co Ltd, London, renamed THAMWELL (British flag);
1988-sold to Trevennan Shipping Co Ltd, Falmouth, renamed MAENPORTH (British flag);
1990-sold to Fleetminster Ltd, San Lorenzo Honduras, renamed MARYSTAN (Honduras flag);
1992-sold to Caribanks Shipping, Georgetown, Guyana (name and flag unchanged);
Apparently still in service.
Photo: Lower Hope, River Thames 10/8/1978, seaward bound.
