Chemical tanker “Essi Silje” at anchor off Bahrain, 28th March 1976
Owner: I/S Essi Silje
Manager: B.J. Ruud-Pedersen
Flag: Norway
Port of registry: Oslo
Builder: Chantiers Navale de la Ciotat, Le Trait, France (Hull-189)
Gross tons: 11,397
Deadweight: 18,112
Length overall: 154.51
Max. draft: 9.575
Engines: 2 x Pielstick 10PC2V diesels, total 9,040 b.h.p., by At. & Ch. De Bretagne, Nantes
Service speed: 15.5 knots
Completed September 1968 as bulk carrier “Sabinia” for Union Naval & Sociètè Naval Caennaise. Caen. France.
Sold 1970 to Arne Presthus A/S Bergen Norway, renamed “Helene Presthus”
Bought 1972 by I/S Essi Silje & renamed. Converted to chemical carrier by Aker Mekaniske verksted Oslo Norway
Engine Room & accommodation gutted by fire off the Azores in 1982; towed to Barry in Wales, then to Bremerhaven. Here she was cut in two at A.G. Weser, Seebeckwerke; the aft part was scrapped and the fore part joined to the aft part of “Universe Glory” in 1983; ownership transferred to K/S Skip A/S "Essi Silje" (B.J. Rudd-Pedersen as manager).
Rudd-Pedersen merged with Wilhelm Wilhelmsens Rederi A/S Oslo 1990
Sold 1992 Endeavour Navigation S.A., Panama, renamed “Aegean Mariner”
Sold 1995 for demolition at Alang, India; renamed “Anchen” for the delivery voyage
For photos of her first conversion see https://www.nok-schiffsbilder.de/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=6&num=10&orderby=ratingA&pos=720