Name: | REMUERA |
Type: | Container Ship |
Launched: | 12/06/1972 |
Completed: | 13/12/1973 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 40 |
Dimensions: | 42007grt, 24806nrt, 33278dwt, 236.02 x 32.06 x 20.73metres |
Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 48000shp; (1983: 2SA 9cyl, Sulzer type, 29610bhp) |
Engines by: | GEC Turbine Generators Ltd, Manchester; (1983: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Kobe) |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 23.0knots; (1983: 1 x Screw, 20.5knots) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 360840; (IMO: 7218383) |
13/12/1973 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London |
1977 | Renamed REMUERA BAY |
1983 | Headwest Ltd, London |
1983 | Lombard Charter Hire Ltd (OCL managers), London |
1985 | Overseas Containers Ltd, London |
1987 | P&O Containers Ltd, London |
1991 | Abbey National March Leasing (1) Ltd, London |
1993 | Renamed BERLIN EXPRESS |
1997 | P&O Nedlloyd Ltd, London |
1998 | Maersk Line UK Ltd, London |
2002 | Renamed PRESS |
10/06/2002 | Broken up |
Comments: | Only survivor of a 4 ship contract that was cancelled |
1973: Chartered to Associated Container Transportation (Australia) Ltd, ACT. | |
1983: Re-engined and modified to a single screw by IHI, Japan | |
10/06/2002: Arrived at Jiangyin, China, for breaking up | |
Broken up by Jiangyin Shipbreaking Yard |
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