Name: | DJEBEL-DIRA |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/02/1948 |
Completed: | 11/1948 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1854 |
Dimensions: | 4180grt, 2175nrt, 3300dwt, 355.7 x 51.2 x 24.6ft |
Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, DR geared |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Turbine Co, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.5knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
11/1948 | Government of France (Cie de Navigation Mixte), Marseille |
1970 | Spyros Billinis, Piraeus; renamed PHOENIX |
1979 | Athens Marine Cruises Ltd, Piraeus; renamed MELODY |
1986 | Hellenic Industrial Development Bank, Piraeus |
1990 | Cougar Shipping Co Ltd, San Lorenzo |
06/07/1990 | Burned out |
Comments: | 1948: Accommodation for 40 x passengers |
Built for the service between Marseilles & Casablanca. Also carrying sheep | |
1970: Converted to a cruise ship for 406 x passengers | |
06/07/1990: Caught fired whilst under repair at Keratsini | |
Taken in tow and beached on Atalanti Island | |
07/07/1990: Fire extinguished, but left derelict | |
2009: Wreckage removed |
Above photo as DJEBEL-DIRA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as DJEBEL-DIRA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as DJEBEL-DIRA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MELODY is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MELODY is copyright of Aleksi Lindström
Above photo as MELODY is copyright of Jukka Koskimies