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OMIRIS - IMO 5266178

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Photographer:
Malcolm Cranfield [ View profile ]
Title:
Omiris
Location:
Willemstad, Curaçao
Photo Category:
Casualties
Added:
Mar 16, 2024
Views:
477
Image Resolution:
1,664 x 1,134

Description:

Posted to complement Kasper's photo of KNSM's 1955 built OSIRIS as GLYFADA:

At the end of October 1978, during a voyage from Baton Rouge to Georgetown with a cargo of bagged meal, OMIRIS had an engine room fire and ran aground. On 2nd November 1978, while berthed at Georgetown, she suffered a further fire and was condemned, subsequently being towed to Brownsville during 1981.

Image supplied by Harry Stott

Vessel
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Current name:
OMIRIS

Former name(s):

 -  Glyfada (Until 1975)

 -  Osiris (Until 1970)

IMO:
5266178
Status:
Dead
Build year:
1955
Builder:
Ihc Offshore & Marine - Krimpen Aan Den Ijssel, Netherlands
Vessel Type:
General Cargo
Gross tonnage:
2,907 tons
Summer DWT:
3,952 tons
Photos:
3 photos by 2 photographers

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General cargo ships built 1950-1959 (Over 3000gt) - 2 photos

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In Lloyd Shipping Index dated July 27th 1979 :
OMIRIS, From Georgetown (Guyana) Apr 18, for St Anna Bay (Curacao), Latest report Arrived Apr 25, in tow of tug NOORD HOLLAND, To be broken up

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Pieter and friends, just to relay the information that KNSM had designed the IS-class based on the C1-M-AV1 type

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person
OMIRIS caught fire October 1978 at Georgtown and was towed by the Dutch tug Noord Holland to Curacao, arriving there April 1979. Subsequently sold to a German scrap trader and towed to Brownsville where she arrived November 1979 and was broken up in January 1980 according to the Dutch Marhis site, and in January 1981 according to IHS data. To me it looks like Harry Stotts photo could have been taken in Curacao rather than in Brownsville, and that the tug is the Noord Holland.

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person
Many thanks Pieter. I concur that Brownsville is probably not the location of the photo. Harry Stott thinks it was taken at Barranquilla - perhaps as a port of refuge during the tow?

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person
There is no reference to a call there, but it could also have been a stop for a crew change or bunkering for the tug. It is not far out of the way from the shortest route from Curacao to Brownsville

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person
The ship in the background could be BEGONIA (IMO 7325629) from a company based at Curacao. Under this name from 1974 to 1985.
https://www.faktaomfartyg.se/begonia_1974.htm

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Yvon, merci. As it now seems most likely that the photo was taken at Curacao, I will edit the text accordingly. Meilleures salutations. Malcolm

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Thanks Yvon, the name definetely reads BEGONIA.

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person
The picture must be from a later date. After 1984. The tug alongside id the former Dutch tug "Barentsz-Zee". On the picture her name is "El Buzcador". She got that name after being sold in 1984.

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Many thanks Robert. I note from Miramar website that EL BUZCADOR was in 1985 renamed C.A.R.T.II and scuttled by her crew on 30.8.86.

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person
I also don't believe the freighter is the "Omiris". She was scrapped in 1979. The photo however must be from 1984 or later because that's when the former "Barentsz-Zee" became the "El Buzcador".

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Malcolm that 's correct. She was involved in cocaine transport and the local coastguard was on her tail. The crew decided to scuttle her.

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