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Name: PACIFIC CRANE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/03/1980
Completed: 19/08/1980
Builder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 110
Dimensions: 3804dwt, 4555grt, 2192nrt, 103.00 x 16.08 x 6.02metres
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, 8cyl (317 x 368mm), 4079bhp
Engines by: Ruston Diesels Ltd, Newton-le-Willows
Propulsion: 2 x Screw, 13.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 389533; (IMO: 7902362)
History:
19/08/1980 Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (James Fisher & Sons Plc, managers), Barrow
1992 Seabird, Tokyo; renamed AKATSUKI MARU
1993 Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (James Fisher & Sons Plc, managers), Barrow
1993 Renamed PACIFIC CRANE
05/08/2004 Broken up
Comments: Purpose built irradiated nuclear fuel carrier
05/08/2004: Arrived at s'Gravendeel, The Netherlands, to be broken up
08/2004: Broken up by Scheepssloperij Nederland


Above photo is copyright of Ken Lubi

Above photo is courtesy of John Bage

Above photo is copyright of Frans Sanderse

At the scrap yard. Above photo is copyright of Frans Sanderse