Romney 3

		Lamport & Holts' M.V. "Romney"3

	Built:	Sunderland Ship Builders Ltd., Sunderland
	ON:	379978 IMO No.: 7710800
	Dimensions:	530.94 x 75.36 x 32.64 feet
	Tonnage:	When built: Gross: 12,214 Net:. 7,865 DWT: 18,501 After 1998 Gross: 12,778 Net:. 7,865 DWT: 18,501
	Propulsion:	4-cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. Doxford 76J4 type oil engine of 12,000 bhp by Doxford Engines Ltd., Sunderland
	Type:	Cargo Liner of 949,359 cu/ft. (26,883m3) capacity
	TEU Cap:	372 (238 below deck / 134 on deck)
	Keel laid:	3.1978
	Launched:	1/11/1978 (Yard No.906), for Bank Line Ltd. (Andrew Weir & Co. Ltd.), London as Ruddbank (Employed on USA - South Africa Service)
	Completed:	13/6/1979
	Purchased:	10/1983 by Lamport & Holts Ltd. and renamed *Romney*
	Transferred:	07/1986 to Highvale Ltd., (Lion Shipping Co., Hong Kong) managers and renamed Lairg
	Renamed:	3/03/1989 as Napier Star 3 of Blue Star Ship Management
	Sold:	18/11/1991 to Tamapatcharee Shipping Co., Hong Kong and renamed Tamapatcharee, Andrew Weir Shipping, Hong Kong managers
	Sold:	1995 to South Asia Shipping Ltd., (John McRick & Co. Ltd, managers), Hong Kong and renamed *Lady Rebecca*
	Sold:	03/1998 to International Transport Workers Federation (Acomarit Services Maritime S/A., managers), London and renamed *Global Mariner*, for use as an exhibition ship for the Unions struggle against Flags of Convenience ships, and to highlight the well-being and basic rights of seafarers.
	Completed:	02/2000 round the world voyage as a exhibition ship for the of ITF. During her 20 month voyage she visited 86 ports in 51 countries and attracted three quarters of a million visitors
	Taken over:	2000 as cadet ship, on bareboat charter to Guernsey Shipmanagement, technical managers Northern Marine and commercial managers AST Seascot, Glasgow.
	Collided:	2/8/2000 with the Atlantic Crusader 7,366/92 off the Sidor Terminal, Matanzas on the Orinoco River. During manoeuvring to leave her berth with the aid of one tug, the Global Mariner was hit by the Cypriot cargo ship forward of the bridge. The collision caused both No.2 and No.3 holds to flood and the Global Mariner sank. All 32 crew and three pilots aboard were evacuated safely. At the time of her loss she was carrying 17,000 tons of steel coils and products. Salvage attempts are not expected until the dry season when water levels will be lower.
	Wreck removed:	6/2001 from the shipping lane and beached where it cannot cause a hazard. The wreck has been sold to Capt. Waldo Soto for scrap and he is offering to sell anything from the wreck.

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	Romney ~ Gladstone Dock, Liverpool ~ February 1984 ~ Photograph © Philip Brandwood


	Night departure from Liverpool of the Romney - Photographed © Philip Parker


	Top plates of the Engine Room showing the Doxford engine Photograph © Malcolm Grieves

	The Lamport & Holt Line was originally known as Liverpool, Brazil and River Plate Steam Navigation Company. They ran passenger services between the United Kingdom and South America, also South America to the West Indies and New York. After the sinking of the Vestris in 1928 the New York passenger service was discontinued.
	In 1944 the company was purchased by the Vestey Group of companies which included Blue Star Line, Frederick Leyland & Co, and which also took over the Booth Line in 1946. From 1947 a lot of inter-company transfers of ships and temporary renaming took place, plus the formations of several groupings of companies. In 1991 the last Lamport & Holt ship *Churchill* transferred to Blue Star and became the Argentina Star (2), and the name of Lamport & Holt disappeared.
	Links: Marine Investigation Department Report (pdf) Maritime Disasters

	See: **Romney 2 Napier Star 3**

	Details & history update thanks to Tony Atkinson


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