Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages | home
Bulkstar
T3-S-BZ1
Built December 1949 by Welding Shipyards, Norfolk, VA,
as "Bulkstar", for Universe Tankships, Inc., Monrovia.
1963 - AMPHIALOS, Nueva Valencia Cia. Naviera, S.A., Monrovia [N. J. Goulandris, Ltd.]
Broken in two, bow sank, 1 March 1964, in heavy weather, in 41.15 N - 63.09 W,
voyage Aruba - Dartmouth, N.S., crude oil; stern section taken in tow but sank
5 March in 41.09 N - 62.20 W.
( See photos below )
The Miramar Ship Index for "BULKSTAR"
IDNo:
|
5541471
|
Year:
|
1949
|
Name:
|
BULKSTAR
|
Launch Date:
|
29.10.1949
|
Type:
|
Tanker
|
Date of completion:
|
12.1949
|
Flag:
|
LBR
|
Keel:
|
|
DWT:
|
30013
|
Yard No:
|
27
|
Length overall:
|
191.9
|
Ship Design:
|
|
LPP:
|
187.5
|
Country of build:
|
USA
|
Beam:
|
25.6
|
Builder:
|
Welding SY
|
Material of build:
|
|
Location of yard:
|
Norfolk, Va.
|
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
|
1ST-16.5
|
|
|
Subsequent History:
1964 AMPHIALOS
Disposal Data:
broke in two 41.15 N / 63.09 W on 01.03.1964 (2 dead),
stern sank 41.09 N / 62.20 W on 05.03.1964.
History:
ON
|
LR/IMO
|
ID
|
Year
|
Name
|
Tons
|
Change
|
Registered Owner
|
118
|
|
5541471
|
1949
|
BULKSTAR
|
15586
|
|
D.K. Ludwig
|
118
|
541471
|
5541471
|
1949
|
AMPHIALOS
|
15797
|
1964
|
N.J. Goulandris
|
Mr. Don Wright wrote to me :
Hello Auke,
I have some photos that you may be interested in. My father was a shipfitter at Welding Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia back in the 1940’s.
Photography was his hobby and he took lots of photos of the ships he helped build there in the yard. I believe they are of historical
interest and so I have created a website to exhibit his photos. But I’m sure they would get much more exposure on your great website and I hope you will take and make use of them. If you do use them please give credit to my father, Thomas Fred Wright Jr.
|
"Bulkstar", 1949 (exact date unknown) - Mold Loft building on right.
( Photo Copyright Thomas Fred Wright Jr. )
"Bulkstar" at Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1963.( Photo Copyright Schovfinn )
"Bulkstar".
"Bulkstar" at the Texaco docks in Wilmington, 26 March 1953.
"Bulkstar" at the Texaco docks in Wilmington, 26 March 1953.
"Amphialos" ex. "Bulkstar" sinking 1964, after broken in two.