DERWENT / MOUNTAIN AZALEA / EVPO AGSIMONE / HANBONN CONCORD / ALBA SIERRA

A SD 47 TYPE CARGO VESSEL BUILT IN 1979 AND DELIVERED TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION IN THE SAME YEAR.

SHE WAS  USED ORIGINALLY ON THE SOUTH AMERICAN RUN AND WAS  MANAGED BY HOULDER BROTHERS.

SHE WAS MANNED BY HOLDER BROTHER CREW THOU REGISTERED AS BEING OWNED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION / WELLDECK SHIPPING CO ( HOULDERS FORMER BRITISH EMPIRE STEAM NAVIGATION CO )

IN 1981 SHE CAME UNDER DEE NAVIGATION CO CONTROL BUT MANAGED JOINTLY BY HOULDERS AND SHAW SAVILL.

1982 SHE WAS  RE-NAMED 'MOUNTAIN AZALEA' FOR THE PIONEER ATLANTIC NAVIGATION CO ( PANAMA ) .

IN 1988 SHE WAS SOLD TO ANOTHER PANAMANIAN BASED COMPANY - POTHITOS SHIPPING AND RE-NAMED 'EVPO AGSIMONE' .

SHE CHANGED HANDS IN 1991 AND WAS RE-NAMED 'HANBONN CONCORD' FOR THE HANBONN SHIPPING CO.

SHE WAS SOLD TO BLUE SIERRA SHIPPING CO IN 1996 AND RE-NAMED 'ALBA SIERRA'.

SHE WAS STILL IN USE IN 2000.