EU AND FORMER EU SHIPS UNDER 1600 GROSS
ALTAIR 1966
ALTAIR 1966
Imo : 6609999
Callsign : PCDA
Launched : 17.03.1966 In service : 07.1966
Builder : Wartsila - Turku - Finland // Yard No 1136
Type : general Cargo
Owner : Zeerederij Nefkens - Rotterdam
Manager : Rotterdam - Ipswich Lijn BV - Rotterdam
Homeport / Flag : Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Tonnage : 1599gt 780nrt 2626dwt // 2777gt 1437nrt 3697dwt
Dimensions : 91.55 X 14.97 X 7.90
Max dr : 6.516
Propulsion : Wartsila 2sa6cyl. 560 X 1000 2400bhp
Speed : 14
Capacity : Grain 5356 Bale 4912 Cranes : x5SWL
Subsequent history :
1985 sold as Rosaisabella
25.04.1995 broken up Cartagena ( Colombia)
Archive : Huug Pieterse
Data : Miramar / L.R. / a.o.
ARNE PRESTHUS 1942
ARNE PRESTHUS 1951 - 1967
Former name : Action 1942 - 1951
Imo : 5024922
Callsign : LCQJ
Keel laid : 06.01.1942 Launched : 28.07.1942 In service : 23.11.1942 as Frigate Patroll Vessel.
Builder : Collingwood Shipbuilding Co - Collingwood - Canada // Yard No 105
Type : In 1951 after conversion Cattle Carrier
Owner : Johs Presthus Charterer : Clausen - Denmark
Homeport / Flag : Bergen // Norway
Tonnage : 778gt 328nrt 1100dwt
Dimensions : 63.50 X 10.10
Max dr : 3.86
Propulsion : MAN 4sa 6Cylinder 400 X 460 (old U boat engine)
Speed : 10
Capacity : ....................
Subsequent history :
1967 sold as Star of Mariam
1971 sold as Star of Beirut
1972 sold as Star of Rawaih
06.04.1972 wrecked near Ashraff
1942 built as Frigate Patroll vessel // 1951 converted to Cattle Carrier
Archive : Huug Pieterse
Data : Miramar // L.R. // a.o