Torgelow IMO 7119264

[coasterspotter]

Torgelow passing Rowhedge inwards for Haven Quay, Colchester on 12/1/86

[Jan Hendrik]

Found this company photo of her.

[Seadog Pete R.I.P.]

Built by VEB Elbe Werft Boizenburg, Boizenburg, Yard-No.292-490
299 GT, 718 dwt - 55,15 x 10,13 x 5,80m - Dg.3,680m
Engine:VEB Schwermasch. Bau “Karl Liebknecht”, 853 kW, 12.5 kn
Launched:27-08-1971.Completed:15-03-1972
1972 TORGELOW VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, Rostock, Ddr.
01-01-1974 TORGELOW VEB Deutfracht/Seereederei, Rostock, Ddr.
18-06-1990 TORGELOW Deutsche Seereederei Rostock GmbH-DSR, Rostock, Deu.
13-08-1991 GELO Y. A. Kabbani, Beirut, Lbn.
Jan.1992 GELO PR Lady West ANS (A. H. Rivedal), Bergen, Nor.
March 1995 GELO Barco AS, Bergen, Nor.
1995 remeasured, now 932 GT, 918 dwt
Oct.1995 home port Tromsø, Nor.
Dec.1996 GELO Murmansk Transnautic Fischereibetriebs (E. Consult K. N. Engen), Tromsø, Nis.
June 2000 GELO World Peace Navigation Inc. (Motaku Shipping Agencies Ltd.), Kingstown, Vct.
2000 renamed TORGELOW
Status of ship:In Service.Last update:24-10-2012 (Equasis)

GENERAL VESSEL INFORMATION:
Transfer to Y.A. Kabani, Lebanon flag at Amsterdam 13/8/1991 ??
(report SCHIFFAHRT INTERNATIONAL 12/1991) M/V Torgelow Update --
Somali warlords holding ship with 9 Kenyans have now placed ransom demand
-- amount unknown -- 1st time since hijacking of 3 Kenyan ships started 3
months ago that the captors have asked for ransom -- vessel was captured
on Oct. 8 between Haradheere & El Maan port. 17 Kenyan & 3 foreign
captives in 2 ships were set free 2 weeks ago, some after 3 months in captivity. (Mon., Oct. 31, 2005)
Kenyan-owned freighter M/V Torgelow, Kenyan port of Mombasa for
Mogadishu with 850 tons general cargo -- hijacked last month off Somali
coast -- released Nov. 30 by Somali pirates along with crew of 10 -- Reuters
reports no ransom had been paid.
www.cargolaw.com - Dec. 2, 2005
Last update: 26/12/2005

[Rick R.I.P.]

TORGELOW,1972, - VEB Deutsche Seereederei, DDR Rostock. 299 grt x Elbewerft,Boizenburg.

Subsequent History:92 GELO - 00 TORGELOW

Disposal Data:

Rick Cox collection,unknown photographer.

[Leslie Spurling]

TORGELOW at Whitstable.


Own negative.