Billo

Totall loss under the name Bom Rei 1996
mv BOWBELLE

built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company,
Yard No 517
Engines by Mirlees National Ltd Stockport

Last Name: BOM REI (1990)
Port of Registry: London
Propulsion: oil 2SA 8cy 1864bhp 11.75 knots machy aft
Launched: Monday, 11/05/1964
Built: 1964
Ship Type: Sand Suction Dredger
Tonnage: 1486 grt
Length: 262 feet 2
Breadth: 44 feet 7
Draught: 13 feet 10
Owner History:
British Dredging (Sand & Gravel) Ltd London
1990 Owners in Madeira
Status: Sunk - 25/03/1996
 

First owner
First port of register
Registration date

F Bowles & Sons Ltd, Cardiff 
London 
10/07/1964 

Other names

1992 BILLO - 1996 BOM REI 

Subsequent owner and registration history

1966 British Dredging (Shipping) Ltd, Cardiff
1977 British Dredging Aggregates Ltd, Cardiff - reg Cardiff
1978 British Dredging (Sand & Gravel) Co Ltd, London - reg London
1984 East Coast Aggregates Ltd, London
1989 South Coast Shipping Co Ltd, Southampton
1990 East Coast Aggregates Ltd, Southampton
1992 Seal Sands Maritime Ltd, Gibraltar - mng Bilberry Shipping & Stevedores Ltd, Waterford - reg Kingstown VCT
1996 Antonio Pereira e Filhos Lda, Funchal PRT 

Vessel history

20/8/1989 collided with and sank the pleasure vessel MARCHIONESS at Blackfriars, River Thames; 51 passengerswere drowned.  

Remarks

End year
Fate / Status

1996 
Sank 25/03/1996 

Disposal Detail

Broke in two & sank during storm while dredging off Ponto do Sol, Madalena do Mar, Madeira. All crew lost.

source: http://www.clydeships.co.uk/