Union Diamond IMO 8003864

[haroship]

Irish UNION DIAMOND berthing at Antwerp on the 30th April 1989
*1981, Hitzler, Lauenburg/766

[coasterspotter]

seen berthing at Wivenhoe on 26/1/86 with a cargo of coal

[robinhood_1984]

Does anyone know why many of the Union Transport fleet were registered in Ireland in those days? Something to do with who was financing the ships or just a convenient flag at the time?

[Rick R.I.P.]

UNION DIAMOND,1981, - Union Tpt London,IRE Dublin.

Entering Exmouth,undateed.

Subsequent History:91 MEDLINK - 00 LINK TRADER - 06 MER - 08 HAY K.

Disposal Data:


Rick Cox collection,unknown photographer.

[quaysider]

Union Diamond Ih 980/1981
Coaster
Dublin
J. G. Hitzler, Schiffswerft u. Maschinenfabrik - Lauenburg. (766)
28/05/1986 Outward bound, passing Humber Bridge.

[Rick R.I.P.]

UNION DIAMOND,1981, - Union Tpt (London) ,IRL Dublin .

Par,undated.

Subsequent History:91 MEDLINK - 00 LINK TRADER - 06 MER - 08 HAY K.

Disposal Data:


Rick Cox collection,unknown photographer.

[Rick R.I.P.]

UNION DIAMOND,1981, - Union Tpt London,IRE Dublin.

Lovell's Wharf,Greenwich,undated.

Subsequent History:91 MEDLINK - 00 LINK TRADER - 06 MER - 08 HAY K.

Disposal Data:


Rick Cox collection,unknown photographer.

[dryburgh]

Ireland was a convenient register to use because it still ran the old Home Trade. Prior to that, when I joined them, they were registered in Singapore but the guy in Singapore who handled the registrations reckoned that because the ships were in Europe they were foreign going, didn't understand Home Trade, never mind their physical size and he wanted the appropriate sized crews, including a Sparks. I changed the Jupiter to the Irish flag when we were in Avonmouth.

[Leslie Spurling]

Hatches down.