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Blue
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M.V. "Avila Star" 3 |
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Smith's Dock Co. Ltd, Middlesbrough
to a design by Akers, Norway |
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ON: |
366310 |
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IMO: |
7402946 |
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Dimensions: |
155.81 x 21.49 x 9.71 metres
Cubic
Capacity: 467,215 Deck Area: 5203 m3 |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 97816 Net: 5416 |
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Propulsion: |
9-Cyl S.C.S.A. Burmeister & Wain 9K74EF
oil engine by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast
MCR:
15900 BHP at 120 rpm producing a service speed of 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: |
13/7/1976 (Yard No. 1332) as Almeria Star for
Transport Exchange Co. Ltd. ( Blue Star Ship Management Ltd. managers) |
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Completed: |
11/1976 |
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Transferred: |
1977 to Transport Commission - Tasmania ( Blue Star Ship Management Ltd. managers) |
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Transferred:
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1978 to Transport Exchange Co. Ltd. ( Blue Star Ship Management Ltd. managers) |
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Sold: |
1984 to New Prestige Ltd., (Wallem Ship Management (Hong
Kong) Ltd. managers) and renamed Perth |
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Registered: |
1985 under High Herald Ltd., same managers |
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Renamed: |
1988 as Almeria Star |
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Transferred: |
12/1993 to Blue Star Reefers Ltd. |
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Renamed: |
1990 as
Avila Star |
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Sold: |
1996 to Tropic Marine S.A (Target Marine S.A. Piraeus managers)
same name |
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Operated: |
by Target Marine
as Avila Star until 11/2002 when she was sold to Russian interests for $1.50 million
and renamed Ice Bell and registered in the Saint Vincent & The
Grenadines. |
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Sister ships: |
Afric Star 2 , Almeda Star 2
, Andalucia
Star 2 , Avelona Star 2
, & Avila Star 2
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Almeria Star -
Colombo Photograph Kevin Brown |
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Almeria Star - Courtesy Tom Jones |
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World-wide Reefer Service brochure showing the Almeria
Star |
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Almeria Star -
Lyttelton, New Zealand - Photograph Kevin Brown |
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Almeria Star -
Dry dock Singapore - Photograph Kevin Brown |
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The pictures date from 1981/82. I joined the Almeria Star in
Dubai, August 1980, bunkered in Colombo, dry-docked at Singapore, loaded bananas in
Davao (Philippines) for discharge in
Yokohama. Departed Japan on Xmas Eve 1981 for NZ. Loaded lamb (what else?) in
Timaru and then spent several weeks in Lyttelton due to the 1982 seaman's strike
before loading more lamb. Yet more lamb in Launceston (Tasmania) and Geelong
before bunkering in Fremantle and heading for the Gulf. Discharged in Bandar
Khomeini and paid off back in
Khorfakkan, Sharjah in March 1981.
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Kevin Brown
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To confuse the issue, this vessel the
original Almeria Star, was eventually renamed in 1990 Avila
Star, after her namesake had been sold and appeared under various names.
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As the Avila Star 3 |
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Updated:
26-04-2008 |
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