TENBURY / AL BARAT / SEA EAGLE 

TENBURY WAS BUILT IN 1965 BY BURNTISLAND SHIPBUILDING CO. AT BURNTISLAND WITH A TONNAGE OF 8459 GRT, A LENGTH OF 462FT, A BEAM OF 63FT 2INS  AND A SERVICE SPEED OF 15 KNOTS.SHE WAS DELIVERED TO ALEXANDER SHIPPING CO. ON 4TH OCTOBER 1965 FOR MANAGEMENT BY HOULDER BROS. & CO, BOTH SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES OF FURNES,WITHY & CO.I N 1972 SHE WAS SOLD TO BIBBY BULK CARRIERS LTD,WITH HOULDER BROS. AS MANAGERS BUT AFTER ONLY SIX MONTHS WAS RETURNED TO HOULDER BROS AND PUT UP FOR SALE.IN 1974 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE BOUNDARY SHIPPING CO.OF HONG KONG AND RE-NAMED AL-BARAT BY HER OWNERS WHO HAD SAUDI ARABIAN INTERESTS.SHE WAS ACQUIRED, IN 1981 BY THE ARABIAN MARITIME TRANSPORT CO. OF JEDDAH WHO RETAINED HER NAME.IN 1984 SHE BECAME THE SEA EAGLE WHEN SHE WAS PURCHASED BY BYRON BAY SHIPPING INC.MONROVIA WITH GULFCAST SHIPPING CO.AS MANAGERS.ON 27TH APRIL, WHEN OFF BANDAR KHOMEINI ( BANDAR SHAHPOR ) IN IRAN, SHE WAS HIT BY A MISSILE AND HEAVILY DAMAGED.SHE WAS TAKEN INTO BASHIR,CONDEMNED,AND ON 3RD DECEMBER ARRIVED AT PORT ALANG, WHERE SHE WAS SCRAPPED.THE PICTURE SHOWS TENBURY IN SYDNEY,ON HER LAST VOYAGE,JUST BEFORE SHE WAS SOLD.