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Transit History

Created: 2019-01-10 9:17:00 PM
Last Edited: 2026-02-10 9:41:51 PM

Tusker (1980/09/30)	Tusker (1985/05/22)	Tusker (1987/06/13)	Tusker (1987/08/07)
Tusker (1987/08/07)	Tusker (1987/08/18)	Tusker (1987/08/20)	Tusker (1987/09)
Tusker (1987/09/05)	Tusker (1987/09/26)	Tusker (1987/09/26)	Tusker (1988/07/10)
Tusker (1988/07/10)	Tusker (1988/11/30)	Tusker (1989)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Alexander Hall & Company Ltd.	Location:	Aberdeen, Scotland	Hull #:	746
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1956/04/11	Commissioned:	1958/02

Propulsion
As built	Type:	2 Polar M481 8-cylinder diesel engines	Output:	1420 bhp @ 129 rpm - 12 Knots
	Manufacturer:	British Polar Engines Ltd. - Glasgow, Scotland

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	39.63 m (130.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	396
	Length (lbp):	36.58 m (120.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	195
	Beam:	10.22 m (33.5 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	4.5 m (14.8 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	4.109 m (13.5 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Ritch & Smith Ltd. - Port Adelaide, Australia		1958/02	1968/01
Adelaide Steamship Industries Pty. Ltd. - Port Adelaide, Australia	Ritch & Smith division of Adelaide Steamship Industries Pty. Ltd.	1968/01	1978/01
Abho Pty. Ltd. - Port Adelaide, Australia		1978/01	1979/01
Ocean Survey & Studies Ltd. - Panama		1979/01	1980/01
McAsphalt Industries Ltd. - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada		1980/01	1986/01
Charpat Transportation Inc. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada		1986/01	1987/01
Greater Sarnia Investment Corporation - Canada	Sandrin Brothers Ltd.	1987/01	1992/04
Lawebod Nigeria Ltd. - Lagos, Nigeria	Marine + Industrial Surveyors & Consultants (MISAC)	1992/04	1993/10

Fleet

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Until

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Tusker	1992/04/01
Bode	1993/10

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
178473	Port Adelaide, Australia	VMRX		1958/02	1979
7934-pext	Panama City, Panama	HO-2094		1979	1980
178473	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	VB4512		1980	1992/04/01
	Lagos, Nigeria	5NTA		1992/04/01	1993/10

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:		Work Began:
Lost	Wrecked at Grand Berebi, Nigeria.			Date:	1993/10/10

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