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11th July 2022, 11:43 AM
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MV Alderney Coast
Dad signed on 28 July 1964
Discharge blank
Voyage not completed
Think ON number 167639?
I wonder if there are any photos?
thank you
Bob
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11th July 2022, 01:01 PM
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Re: MV Alderney Coast
# 1 for Bob.
M.V.Alderney Coast (ON 167630)was built in 1940 as Channel Queen.She was ALDERNEY COAST from 1960-1966.After a succession of Greek owners,the 36 year old coaster met her end in 1976,when,named as Mastro Costas,while on a voyage from Greece to Lagos,Nigeria with a cargo of pipes and tomato paste,she sprang a leak and after an engine breakdown she was towed to Monrovia and being abandoned by her owners was beached west of the port(21/2/76)
Courtesy The Allan Coll'n/Scottish Ships Database/benjidog.co.uk
Last edited by Doc Vernon; 11th July 2022 at 10:06 PM.
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11th July 2022, 02:37 PM
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