KENT was built in 1948 by Richards Ironworks of Lowestoft for J. P. Knight, Rochester.
KENT began her life on the Medway berthing ships in the Port of Rochester and Sheerness. When the BP Refinery opened at the Isle of Grain it was the Kent who assisted the first British Tanker onto the berth.
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KENT was built in 1948 by Richards Ironworks of Lowestoft for J. P. Knight, Rochester.
KENT began her life on the Medway berthing ships in the Port of Rochester and Sheerness. When the BP Refinery opened at the Isle of Grain it was the Kent who assisted the first British Tanker onto the berth.
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Pride of Kent taken out of service 2003. again taken on my Nikkon SLR
Previous names
Spirit of Free Enterprise (1979-1987)
Pride of Kent (1987-1999)
P&OSL Kent (1999-2002)
PO Kent (2002-2003)
Anthi Marina (2003-2011)
General Cargo Motor Vessel Aridity, launched 1931, to Yard Number 330, by J.H. Fellows and Company Limited, Great Yarmouth, and completed and delivered, July 1931, to F.T. Everard and Sons Limited, Greenhithe; Gross Registered Tonnage: 336, Net Registered Tonnage: 172, Dead Weight Tonnage: 366; 39.6
As a teenager, I remember a pretty rough crossing to Calais on one of these!
I took this photograph from a Bristow Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter, based at R.A.F. Manston, Kent with my father as duty SAR pilot that day.
26 June 1977 at Spithead for the Jubilee Review which took place on the 28th June.
The ships astern of Kent in the review line , as shown in the official program, are as follows: FIFE, GLAMORGAN, TIGER, FEARLESS, HERMES, ARK ROYAL.
Kent, the lead vessel in the photo, is the only one I can make out
31763gt 759ft
1960: Delivered to Federal by John Brown. 1966: transferred to Federal Tankers Ltd (Trident Tankers Managers). 1968: Sold to Commercial Tankers Ltd, Monrovia, renamed Leslie Conway. 1971: Sold to Oswego Merchant Corp., Monrovia. 1976: Demolished at Kaohsiung.
NZS/Federal made an ill-t
Kent arriving Wellington, December 2004. Quite a career since being built in 1977.
Kent
Built: 1977 Ishikawajima, Tokyo
Tonnage: 6,862gt
Owners: Strait Shipping Co
1977: Built as Admiral Caribe for Admiral Sg Services, Oslo
1977: Admiral Nigeria
1979: Admiral Caribe
1982: Saint Remy (Soc. Nationale