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ELOQUENCE / GORE / HOLM SOUND / PETER PRIOR

Having operated Calf Sound, Dennison Shipping, Kirkwall purchased Gore in early 1987 and renamed her Holm Sound. As Holm Sound, she followed a similar trading pattern to her sister, although between April and July 1983 she was chartered for the construction of a breakwaterwas later fitted with a new engine, and in early 1995 commenced trading, mainly distributing aggregate from the Isle of Grain.

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