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Keel laid in March 1974 at the Shipyard Orenstein & Koppel A.G. at Lübeck Germany (Yard / Hull No. 706). Launched on 16.08.1974 for Compagnie Navale Worms S.A., Marseille as CHEMIST LUTETIA. Lloyd's Register No.: 7361465. Baptized on 20 December 1974 by Ms Sonny Sottorf.

Completed 21.12.1974 for Ocean Liquid Carriers Ltd. (Management: Navale Worms S.A., Paris), Monrovia. Official No.: 5085: Call sign: A8MN.

1977: Sold to Chemlloyd Shipping Corp. (Management: Hamburger Lloyd GmbH. Dr. Jürgen Bernhold & Co., Hamburg), Monrovia.

1978: Resold to Ocean Liquid Carriers Ltd. (Management: Hamburger Lloyd GmbH. Dr. Jürgen Bernhold & Co., Hamburg), Monrovia.

1979: Sold to Ocean-Lewis Shipping J.V. (Management: Hamburger Lloyd A.G., Basel), Monrovia.

Stranded by buoy No. 4 Paramaribo at 22:32 hrs., on 08.02.1984. Refloated with tug assistance at 21:25 hrs., but stranded again, but subsequently refloated without assistance at 10:36 hrs, on 10.02.1984. Sailed 11.02.1984 for French Guyana.

Acquired 19.06.1985 by Vinalmar S.A., Genève, Bâle. Not renamed. The owners intended to be rename her TESSIN but it was not realised. Official No.: 126. Call sign: HBDG.

Sold 21.12.1993 to Vakif Deniz Finansal Kiralama S.A., Istanbul (Management: Aksay Denizcilik ve Ticaret A.S. (Aksay Shipping & Trading Co.), Istanbul, and renamed MELIS. Call sign: TCMZ.

1996: Converted into a oil products tanker.

Sustained a engine breakdown whilst on voyage from Rotterdam to Huelva on 26.06.1996. Anchored in Lat. 50° 54" 19' N., Long. 01° 03" 97' E. Repairs effected and vessel resumed voyage same day.

In November 2002 sold to Castle Shipping Co., Majuro, Marshall Islands, and renamed JAMAL MASSRY. Official No.: 10016, call sign: V7EE4.

On 01.09.2004 registered at Banjul, Gambia for Castle Shipping Gambia Co. Ltd. (Management: Castle Maritime Ltd., Kombo-St. Mary Gambia). Call sign: C5AJ3.

01.01.2007 registered for Castle Shipping Castle Shipping Co. Ltd., Banjul. Management Hubbe Handelsgesellschaft mbH. & Co. KG, Hamburg.

26.12.2011: Arrived Aliaga, Turkey to be broken up at Ege Celik GS.

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