MV Whitstar
Ex Boarder Heather
© Neil C McBride (Tyne, 20/10/2024)
Steel single screw motor vessel built in 2004 by Damen Galati S.A. Santierul Naval. Romania (Hull) (Yard Number 9357) Damen Shipyard Bergum. Bergum. The Netherlands (Completion) (Yard No 1035) as an Oil products tanker.
Technical Data
- Length: 75.10 m (overall) 70.40 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 14.0 m
- Depth: 7.60 m
- Draught: 5.76 m
- Tonnage: 2159 gross/824 net/3189t deadweight
- Engines: 1 x MaK 8M25 – 4 stroke 8-cylinder diesel
- Power: 2160 kW/2936 bHP
- Speed: 10.4 knots
- Capacity: 3005 cbm
- Lifting Gear: 1 x Crane – SWL 0,9 t at 16,00 m
- Call Sign: MFTS2, 3FLO8, MFTS2
- MMSI Number: 235007880
- IMO Number: 9287833
- Port of Registry: Douglas/Isle of Man 🇮🇲, Panama 🇵🇦, Liberia 🇱🇷, Douglas/Isle of Man 🇮🇲, Hull/UK 🇬🇧
History
August 6th 2003: Keel laid.
April 8th 2004: Launched.
September 30th 2004: Completed as BOARDER HEATHER for Owner: Darwin Shipping. Manager: BP Oil UK Ltd.
© Neil C McBride (Tyne, 01/10/2009)
February 1st 2010: WHITSTAR for Owner/Manager: Whitaker Tankers Ltd
© Fotoflite (24/05/2010)
August 3rd 2017:
” The CROSS Etel in Morbihan, received a distress call from the “Whitstar” which had broken down West of Penmarc’h Point, coming from Flushing. The ship was bound to Ferrol when it suffered an electrical failure and subsequent propulsion loss. The ship with a crew of eight on board and more than 2,500 tons of hydrocarbons in the cargo holds went adrift. At 6.15 a.m., the emergency tug “Abeille Bourbon” left the port of Camaret. Around 8 a.m., it arrived at the tanker. On the order of the Maritime Prefect of the Atlantic, the owner of the tanker was summoned to settle the situation before noon. In the morning hours the propulsion could be regained so far that the ship could proceed to the port Brest for permanent repairs. As a precaution, it was finally taken in tow by the “Abeille Bourbon”. The convoy reached Brest during the evening hours, and the ship was moored on the port’s anchorage around midnight. The ship’s crew was currently awaiting the decision of experts on board who will determine whether the ship can be repaired on site or has to be docked.”
August 8th 2017:
“Berthed at the Navantia Yard in El Ferrol for repairs. It sailed again at 9.15 p.m. and headed to Southampton. She arrived in Southampton on Aug 12 and left again on Aug 23 bound to Rotterdam. It berthed at Shell Pernis on Aug 25 at 2.30 a.m.”
© Neil C McBride (Tyne, 20/10/2024)
July 13th 2026: Called at Dover.
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