Built as a chemical tanker under yard No 3006 by Korea Shipbuilding & Engineering Corp. Pusan, Korea for there own account.
11 Jan. 1977 keel laid down.
02 Jan. 1978 launched under the name STOLT INCHON.
Tonnage 20.760 gross, 13.894 net, 37.088 dwt., dim. 176.82 x 29.65 x 15.17m, draught 11.56m., length bpp 169.0m.
Powered by a Sulzer diesel engine, manufactured by Horten Verft, Horten, Norway, 16.000 hp., speed 17.25 knots.
36 Tanks (44.238m³) for the transport of chemicals.
10 Jan, 1978 completed.
After delivery chartered by the Stolt-Nielsen Group.
1979 She was sold to the Stolt-Nielsen Group, renamed STOLT HAWK, registered in Liberia, with homeport Monrovia.
22 July 1996 when inbound to Houston in the Houston Ship Channel, due to malfunction of the steering installation of the tug LAURA HADEN, she veered for the bow of the STOLT HAWK. The tugboat sank with the loss of 3 men of the crew of 4.
http://www.equasis.org gives for 2004: IMO No. 7533575. Call sign D5UX.
Owned by Twelve Ships, and managed by Stolt-Nielsen Transportation both in Schiedam, Netherlands.
2008 As given by http://www.equasis.org in service, owned by Stolt Hawk BV, Netherlands and managed by Stolt Tankers BV, Rotterdam.
2008 Sold to Indian breakers and she was beached at Alang on 04 June 2008.
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Source: Det Norske Veritas. Navicula. Marine News 1979/581. 1996/564. 2008/505