A.E.S.
Built under yard No. 367 as a cargo vessel by Frederikshavn Værft A/S, Frederikshavn, Denmark, for Rederiet A.E. Sørensen A/S, Svendborg, Denmark.
15 June1976 launched under the name A.E.S. (II)
Tonnage 499 gross, 325 net, 1.290 dwt., dim. 76.61 x 12.27 x 6.51m., draught 3.40m.
Powered by an 8 cyl. diesel, 1.200 bhp., speed 12 knots.Ice strengthened.
19 September 1976 completed.
After delivery chartered by Darwin Shipping Ltd., managed by Jeppesson Heaton.
Made every year four round voyages Gravesend U.K. to the Falklands, when in charter.
1986 Sold to P/P Bangsbo, and then to P/R A.E.S. all Denmark, name unchanged.
1992 Sold by Bangsbo Co. Ltd., Bahamas to Afrimar Shipping Ltd. Bahamas, renamed SECIL LULO.
1994 Sold to Xiu Zhen Shipping (Pte) Ltd., Singapore, renamed IARKO.
1999 Sold to unspecified owners, China and renamed JIN JIANG SHAN.
http://www.equasis.org Gives for 12 May 2003, owned by Dandong Jinjiang Shipping at Dandong, China under the same name.
2007 Sold to Shipping & Trading, North Korea and renamed HWANG CHOL 1.
2008 Still trading.
Marine News 1986/639. 1992/736. 1994/495. Navicula. Register of Merchant Ships completed in 1976.
Auke Palmhof
