Name: | DART AMERICA |
Type: | Container Ship |
Launched: | 05/05/1970 |
Completed: | 11/1970 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 14 |
Dimensions: | 31036grt, 17658nrt, 28482dwt, 219.21 x 30.48 x 15.60metres |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, 10cyl (900 x 1550mm), Sulzer type, 29000bhp |
Engines by: | George Clark & North-Eastern Marine Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 23.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 337546; (IMO: 7018343) |
History: | |
11/1970 | Tynedale Shipping Co Ltd, Bristol |
1981 | Renamed MANCHESTER CHALLENGE |
1988 | Registered at Hong Kong; renamed OOCL CHALLENGE |
19/02/1996 | Broken up |
Comments: | 19/02/1996: Arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking up |
25/02/1996: Breaking up commenced |
Above photo as DART AMERICA is copyright of David Wilson
Above photo as DART AMERICA is copyright of Graeme Turner
Above photo as DART AMERICA is copyright of Peter Crichton
Above photo as DART AMERICA is copyright of Tony Ecclestone
Above photo as DART AMERICA is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as DART AMERICA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MANCHESTER CHALLENGE is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as MANCHESTER CHALLENGE is copyright of Marc Piche
Above photo as OOCL CHALLENGE is copyright of Frits Olinga