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Ship: | OPAL BOUNTY | Arrived: | 02 Jul 1982 | Departed: | 27 Oct 1982 | Career: | 'Strider' Class Ro/Ro container vessel built in 1977 by Setouchi, Kinoe.
Owner: Strider 4 Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda.
Flag: Liberia.
Renamed: 82-CCNI Atlantico, 82-Strider Exeter, 84-CCNI Austral, 84-Strider Exeter, 85-AES Challenge, 86-Klang Reefer, 99-MSC New Zealand, 01-Feeder 6.
Swivelled by Ashley Upsher 2 Jul 1982 and unswivelled 26 Oct 1982.
Sailed October 1982 for River Tyne [ Mistral 1983 ]. | Tonnage: | 5,311 gross | Built: | 1977 | Type: | RoRo ship | LR/IMO Number: | 7628318 | ID | 7628318 |

| Above: OPAL BOUNTY in the Blackwater Date: 16 October 1982. Source: Mersea Museum / John Jones | 
| Above: OPAL BOUNTY in the River Blackwater, Essex Date: 16 October 1982. Source: Mersea Museum / John Jones | 
| Above: OPAL BOUNTY laid up in the River Blackwater Date: 5 September 1982. Source: Mersea Museum / Derek Sands | 
| Above: OPAL BOUNTY laid up in the River Blackwater. Astern are NORFOLK FERRY and PROTOKLITOS. Date: 3 October 1982. Source: Mersea Museum / David Brown |
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