| Name: | DESDEMONA |
| Type: | Bulk Carrier |
| Launched: | 16/05/1978 |
| Completed: | 11/07/1978 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn Yard |
| Yard Number: | 89 |
| Dimensions: | 17940grt, 10963nrt, 28973dwt, 182.9 x 24.7 x 10.4(draft) metres |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, Sulzer type, 6cyl (760 x 1550mm), 12000bhp |
| Engines by: | Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Whiteinch, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
| Reg Number: | 379647; (IMO: 7700063) |
| History: | |
| 07/1978 | Bowring Steamship Co Ltd, London |
| 1982 | Hanover Shipping Co Ltd (Newgate Shipping Co Ltd), London |
| 1984 | Marida Ltd, Kingstown, St Vincent; renamed BOKA |
| 1985 | Slobodna Plovidba, Sibenik; renamed SUBICEVAC |
| 1991 | Claudia Comp Naviera SA, Panama; renamed ACHILLES |
| 2001 | Geniality Shipping Co SA, Panama; renamed DIANA Z |
| 2003 | Korea Maritime Shipping Co Ltd, Nampo, North Korea; renamed BRIGHT FUTURE |
| 2003 | Renamed MI RAE |
| 2007 | Mirae Shipping Co Ltd, Nampo |
| 14/12/2011 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 02/12/2011: Arrived at Alang for breaking up |
| 14/12/2011: Beached for breaking up by International Steel Corp |
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