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Lamport & Holts' M.V. "Bronte"3 |
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Built: |
Austin & Pickersgill Ltd., Southwick, Sunderland to
standard SD14 design, 1979 |
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Dimensions: |
472.44 x 65.62 x 29.03 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 9324
Net: 6151 Deadweight: 15,265 tonnes |
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Propulsion: |
4-Cylinder 2 S.C.S.A. Sulzer 4RND68M oil engine,
7,600 bhp at 150 rpm by Hawthorn Leslie (Engineers) Ltd., Newcastle
driving single screw |
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Type: |
Cargo Liner |
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Completed: |
02/1979 as Bronte for Lamport & Holt Ltd. |
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Sold: |
1983 to China Ocean Shipping (COSCO), Canton and renamed An
Dong Jiang |
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Renamed: |
1990 Safe Star by Fortunate Star Marine Ltd., Valletta.
Managers China Ocean Shipping (COSCO), Guangzhou. |
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Sister ships: |
Browning (3) , Boswell (3) &
Belloc |
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Bronte at Liverpool - Photograph © Ron Baker |
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The Bronte was of a Standard Ship Design known
as SD 14. One of four of the Boswell ,
Browning and Belloc class. All built by Austin Pickersgill 1979 to 1980 with
a Four Cylinder Sulzer and single turbo-charger. ( It did look big. ) and
conventional Sulzer fuel injection equipment. There were initially a few
little problems with vibration but it was soon resolved and generally were very
good ships for their purpose. Regrettably the trade situation was falling
away and they did not get a lot of service before being laid-up in Liverpool
and then sold, Belloc in 1981 and the others in 1983.
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23-09-2007 |
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