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Built: |
Smith's Dock Co. Ltd, Middlesbrough to a design by Akers, Norway |
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366121 |
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Dimensions: |
335 x 42.80 x 14.000 metres |
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Tonnage: |
Gross : 9781 Net : 5416 |
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Propulsion: |
9-Cyl S.C.S.A. Burmeister & Wain 9K74EF
oil engine by J. G. Kincaid & Co. Ltd., Greenock
MCR:
15900 BHP at 120 rpm
Service
Speed : 21 knots Fuel Cons: 47 mt/day approx. |
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Alternators: |
2 x Allen 6 cyl. BCS 12 DX-625 KW
2 x Allen 8 cyl. BCS 12 DX-815 KW |
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Type: |
"A"-Class
fully refrigerated 5 hatch cargo ship, fitted with banana doors |
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Launched: |
21/11/1975 (Yard No. 1331) as Almeda Star for
Airlease International and Vasivelt Ltd. ( Blue Star Ship Management Ltd.
managers) |
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Completed: |
4/1976 |
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Sold: |
1984 to Arran Shipping Ltd. (Wallem Ship Management (Hong Kong)
Ltd., managers), Hong Kong and renamed Arran |
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Renamed: |
1984 Harlech |
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Sold: |
12/2001 and renamed Baltic Wave and flies the
Jamaican flag registered at Montego Bay. |
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Sister ships: |
Afric Star 2 , Almeria Star , Andalucia
Star 2 , Avelona Star 2
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and Avila Star 2
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Almeda Star
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FotoFlite |
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Almeda Star at New Plymouth,
New Zealand, 2/1978 - Photographs © Peter Stacey |
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Khorramshahr, on
the Shatt al Arab |
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Almeda Star at New Plymouth 1983 |
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Puerto Limón, Costa Rica 1981 |
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| In the Indian Ocean 1984 |
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View from after deck |
| Photographs © Nick Dawber |
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World-wide Reefer Service brochure showing the Almeda Star |
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1/72 Scale
Model made by Shane Doyle of Australia |
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| Nearly complete with three
cranes to go ! |
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Photographs © Shane Doyle |
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See
also: Almeda Star 1
Model of Afric Star 2
Model of Avelona Star 2 |
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Updated:
18-02-2008 |
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