"GROENLAND"

1977 GROENLAND, 1990 KEVERNE, 1996 DRIVE MAR, 1998 MARMEX VII, 2004 THUNDERER

(sisterships: GROENLAND, SCHOTLAND, IJSLAND)
Registered: IMO 7700386 (Veritas 34M189) /(NLD)ON 18408 /(VCT)ON 2916 /MMSI 345050001
482 GRT, 44 NRT, L41,41m(39,68), B10,85m(10,51), D4,222m(5,31) (135.8'x34.4'x14.4'(17.4'))
2 cpp +nozzle, bowthr. 280hp, 2x diesel 4tew V12cyl Alco type 12V251F, 2230bhp-1640kW @900rpm (4460bhp-3280kW total), sp 13/16,5 kn, bp 70t

GROENLAND
1977 -06/10: Launched by "Jonker & Stans" at Hendrik Ido Ambacht (YN 341)
1977 -23/12: delivered to "Sleepdienst Willem Muller" at Terneuzen
(NLD flag, regd Terneuzen, ON 18408, c/s PELB)
1979: chartered to "Mammoet Transport" at Amsterdam for 1 year
1983: laid up
1984: To "Scheepvaart Maatschappij Ewout" at Rotterdam, managed by "Redereij Vroon" at Breskens
1985: To "Goliath Towage & Salvage Co CV" at Rotterdam
(NLD flag, regd Rotterdam, ON 18408, c/s PELB, 481 GRT, 44 NRT)
1988: chartered to "J.P. Knight Ltd" at Rochester (GBR)
1990: To "Bishopcourt Ltd" at Inverness (Caldonian Towage & Salvage Services Ltd [J.P. Knight]), renamed KEVERNE
(VCT flag, regd Kingstown, ON 2916, c/s J8DA7)
1991: To Guyana for transport of bauxiet-barges to open sea
1996: To "Rolv Berg Drive A/S" at Tromso, renamed DRIVE MAR
1998: To "Compania Maritima Mexicana SA de CV (Grupo Boluda)" at Veracruz (MEX), renamed MARMEX VII
(MEX flag, 579 GT, 173 NT)
2004: To "Prime Vertical Ltd", mng "Coloured Fin Ltd" at Chaguaramas (TTO), renamed THUNDERER
(ATG flag, regd St John's)
2005: still in service