MV Aegean Glory

Ex Tolosa, Vilja, Tidero Star, Anzere.

Anzere – © Simonwp (Immingham, 07/04/1982)

Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1978 by A. Vuyk & Zonen’s Scheepswerven B.V., Capelle a/d Ijssel, Holland (Yard No 881) as a RoRo Cargo vessel

Technical Data

• Length: 152.33 m (overall) 125.02 m (between perpendiculars)
  Breadth: 19.51m
  Depth: 13.59 m
  Draught: 6.214 m
  Tonnage: 3894 gross/1853 net/5482t deadweight
  Engines: 2 Oil 4SA 8 – cylinder Sulzer 8ZI 40/48 diesels
  Power: 7650 kW/10400 bHP
  Speed: 17 knots
  Capacity: 12 passengers/B: 14.797/TEU: 356/Lane Meters: 1394
  Call Sign: HBDA, CQUH, J8B3747
  IMO Number: 7712121
• Official Number: 098
  Port of Registry: Basle/Switzerland, Oslo/Norway, Funchal/Portugal, Oslo/Norway, Kingstown/St Vincent & Grenadines

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History

December 12th 1977: Launched.

May 1978: Delivered to Transoceanique Suisse S.A. Cie de Nav., Basel. Switzerland at a cost of $13,715,658

1978: Chartered to Nautilus Line for services between South of France and Nigeria.

 

Anzere – © Cees De Bijl (Nieuw Waterway 1978)

April 1982 – August 1982: Chartered to P&O Ferrymasters for services between Middlesbrough – Gothenburg and Helsinki.

1985: Registered to Keller Shipping Ltd, Basle, Switzerland.

1991: Sold to A/S Tiderø, Oslo, Norway and renamed TIDERO STAR.

1991: Chartered to Fred. Olsen Line, Oslo for services between Norway – Immingham – Zeebrugge – Rotterdam – Hamburg.

Tidero Star – © Simonwp (Europoort, 01/05/1991)

Tidero Star – © Simonwp (Immingham, 22/11/1991)

1991: Chartered to Ariure Line.

1994: Chartered to Fred. Olsen Line, Oslo for services between Norway – Immingham – Zeebrugge – Rotterdam – Hamburg.

 

Tidero Star –  © Pieter Inpyn (Rotterdam, 01/08/1995)

January 8th 1996 – January 18th 1996: Chartered to North Sea Ferries, Rozenburg for services between Rotterdam – Hull.

January 1996 – December 1996: Chartered to Pandoro, Fleetwood for services between Liverpool – Dublin.

Tidero Star – © Robbie Cox (Dublin, 01/04/1996)

January 1997: Chartered to North Sea Ferries, Rozenburg for services between Rotterdam – Hull.

January 1997: Chartered to P&O Ferrymasters for services between Middlesbrough – Gothenburg – Helsinki.

August 12th 1997: Chartered to P&O North Sea Ferries, Rozenburg for services Rotterdam – Teesport.

Tidero Star – © Simonwp (Cuxhaven, 01/07/1998)

Tidero Star – © Simonwp (Europoort, 01/06/1999)

November 1999: P&O North Sea Ferries services between Zeebrugge – Hull.

October 2nd 2000: Chartered to Armement Maritime Cotier, Toulon, France for services between Toulon – Livorno.

January 2001: Services Valencia – Livorno.

January 2002: Renamed VILJA.

January 29th 2002 – September 26th 2003: Chartered to Ferryways, Ostend, Belgium.

January 29th 2002: Services between Ostend – Killingholme.

Vilja – © Dieter Pots (Ostend, 20/09/2003)

October 1st 2003: Chartered to Bornholmstrafikken, Ronne, Denmark for services between Ronne – Koge.

2003: Taken over by Nordea, Norway owing to financial problems of her owner.

January 2004: Detained in Ronne.

January 2004: Management Stena RoRo, Gothenburg.

January 16th 2004: Final day in service on the Ronne – Koge route.

October 19th 2004: Chartered to LD Lines, France and renamed TOLOSA. Services between France and West Africa.

2005: Detained in Bayonne, France.

Tolosa – © Frits Olinga (Eemshaven, 21/05/2005)

September 2nd 2005: Sold to  Lecco Maritime Co, Panama.

July 14th 2006: Chartered to Crowley Maritime.

April 2007: Chartered to DFDS Lisco.

Tolosa – – © Simonwp (Kiel, 01/05/2007)

May 2nd 2007: Services Kiel – St Petersburg.

October 2007: Sold to  Aegean Cargo, Kingstown, St Vincent & Grenadines.

November 2007: Renamed AEGEAN GLORY.

November 6th 2007: Arrived in Kiel to operate a single journey for DFDS Lisco.

November 7th 2007: Left Kiel mot Keratsini, Greeced.

December 2007: Services Piraeus – Limassol – Haifa.

Aegean Glory – © Aleksi Lindström (Piraeus, 04/06/2008)

2008: Detained in Alexandria.

 

Aegean Glory – © Manuel Hernández Lafuente (Valencia, 05/06/2009)

2011: Detained in Izmir.

November 7th 2011: Laid up in Salamis.

June 2012: Sold to Turkish breakers.

June 10th 2012: Towed from Salamis to Aliaga.

June 11th 2012: Arrived at Aliaga to be beached and scrapped by Hisar Gerri Sokum AS.

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All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Cees De Bijl, Robbie Cox, Manuel Hernández Lafuente, Pieter Inpyn, Aleksi Lindström, Frits Olinga, Dieter Pots, Simonwp and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)