TIRANA
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:46 pm
Built as a cargo/reefer vessel under yard No. B41.301 by Stocznia im. Komuny Paryskiej, Gdynia, Poland for the Government of Albania, managed by Albania State Shipping Ent., Durres, Albania.
Launched under the name TIRANA.
Tonnage 8.701 gross, 5.225 net, 11.840 dwt., dim. 153 x 19.5 x 11.6m.
Powered by one 6-cyl. Sulzer diesel, 7.200 bhp., speed 16.5 knots.
Accommodation for 11 passengers.
Strengthened for ice.
1970 Delivered to owners.
1999 Sold to unspecified owners, Panama, renamed PELICAN III.
1999 Has been renamed BEDI by unspecified owners, Panama, and transferred to St Vincent registry, (to be broken up)
Albania 1972 80q sg1533, scott 1443. 1980 2lek40 sg2059 and 1989 1lek30 sg 2427, scott 2320.
Marine News 2000/172, 488. Log Book. Watercraft Philately Vol 43 page 40. Lloyds Shipping Index October 1989.