MAILBOAT NAME: M/V Offshore
PAST NAMES: a vessel or firm at the same time is listed as “Offshore Mail Services”
DIMENSIONS: 76′ foot long, twin-engine, twin-screw
CONSTRUCTION: not known
YEAR BUILT: before 1973
BUILDER: not known
EARLY CAREER: not known
BAHAMAS CAREER: served as a mailboat from Nassau in March 1975 when below-cited article was published
CAPTAINS: not known
OWNERS: Eleuthera Limited, Nassau NP
FATE: not known
The name “M/V Offshore” and details of length and engines appears in Nassau Tribune’s 21 Jan. 1973 issue of vessels seeking government licensing.
Sources: Article entitled “Take Slow Mailboat To Bahama Out Isles” in the Utica NY paper on March 7, 1975. The M/V Offshore was listed as an active mailboat – no further details.
Online source:
http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%202/Utica%20NY%20Daily%20Observer/Utica%20NY%20Observer%201975.pdf/Utica%20NY%20Observer%201975%20-%202090.PDF