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