General Cargo, Motor Vessel Spontaneity, (IMO Number: 5336959; Official Number: 186018), owned and operated by F. T. Everard and Sons Limited, Greenhithe, is seen here, at Goole Docks, in August 1967.
Details as follows:-
Motor Vessel, Spontaneity, launched, as the Motor Vessel, Remmert, Saturday, 12/03/1949, to yard number 908, by N.V. Scheepswerven Gebroeder van Diepen, Waterhuizen, Netherlands, and completed and delivered, Saturday, 11/06/1949, to K.P. Bosma, (N.V. Kustvaart 'Oranje'), Groningen, Netherlands, (Manager, Kamp's Scheepvaart- en Handelmaatschappij N.V., Groningen, Netherlands), registered, Groningen, Netherlands; Gross Registered Tonnage: 500, Net Registered Tonnage: 259; Dead Weight Tonnage: 730; 51.51 (length overall) x 49.28 (length between perpendiculars) x 8.64 (beam extreme) x 8.61 (beam moulded) x 3.56 (depth moulded) x 3.47 (draught maximum); powered by one x model number TMAS336, six-cylinder, in-line, vertical, (330mm diameter x 600mm stroke), four-stroke, single acting, 650 b.h.p, oil engine, serial number 1007, manufactured Werkspoor N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands; to single shaft, single fixed-pitch propeller, machinery aft, speed: 10.0 knots; one deck; three bulk-heads; water ballast capacity: 217 tons.
Launched, 12/03/1949, as the Motor Vessel, Remmert; completed and delivered, Saturday, 11/06/1949, to N.V. Kustvaart 'Oranje', Groningen, Netherlands, (Manager, Kamp's Scheepvaart- en Handelmaatschappij N.V., Groningen, Netherlands); sold, Thursday, 28/01/1954, to F. T. Everard and Sons Limited, Greenhithe , renamed, Spontaneity, registered, London; sold, November 1968, to Dimitrios P. Kalkassinas, Piraeus, Greece, renamed, Kalkas, registered, Thessaloniki, Greece; renamed, 1969, Georgakis, (same owner and registration); sold, 1971, to Achilleas Farmakis and Company, Thessaloniki, Greece, registered, Thessaloniki, Greece; sold, 1973, to D. Valoglou, Thessaloniki, Greece, registered, Thessaloniki, Greece; sold, 1979, to K. Valahis and N. Vekris, Piraeus, Greece, renamed, Aghia Varvara, registered, Piraeus, Greece; arrived Monday, 05/04/1982, at Brosdospas Poduceze ZA, Split, Yugoslavia (now Croatia); demolition commenced, Saturday, 18/09/1982, at Brosdospas Poduceze ZA, Split, Yugoslavia (now Croatia); demolition completed, Thursday, 14/10/1982.
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