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Created: 2020-04-01 12:44:18 AM
Last Edited: 2023-10-16 11:30:23 AM

Manchester Port (1971/07/10)	Manchester Port (1971/07/10)	Biokovo (1972/05/29)	Biokovo (1972/06/17)
Biokovo (1974/09)

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6611502

Details/Construction
Builder:	Smith's Dock Company Ltd.	Location:	South Bank, England	Hull #:	1281
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1966/05/05	Commissioned:	1966/11

Propulsion
As built	Type:	2 Pielstick 14-cylinder diesel engines	Output:	11480 bhp (8564 kW) - 17.5 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Crossley Premier Engines Ltd. - Manchester, United Kingdom

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	153.04 m (502.1 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	8306
	Length (lbp):	143.29 m (470.1 ft)	Net Tonnage:	5382
	Beam:	19.03 m (62.4 ft)	Dead Weight:	12059
	Depth:	11.28 m (37.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	8.783 m (28.8 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Manchester Liners Ltd.		1966/11	1971
Jadranska Slobodna Plovidba - Yugoslavia		1971	1980
Vroulidia Cia Naviera S.A.		1980	1983

Fleet	From	Until
Manchester Liners Ltd. - Manchester, England	1966/11	1971
Jadranska Slobodna Plovidba - Yugoslavia	1971	1980

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Manchester Port	1971
Biokovo	1980
Ydra	1983/01

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Br 307319	Manchester, United Kingdom			1966/11	1971
	Split, Yugoslavia	YTZF		1971	1980
	Piraeus, Greece			1980	1983

Description

On 20 January 1983 while she was on a voyage from Piraeus, Greece to Sweden she suffered a major fire in a position 37.32N/10.05E. The following day she was wrecked approximately 1 nautical mile east of Bizerte, Tunisia in the Mediterranean Sea. It is not known whether she was salvaged or scrapped in location.

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:	Work Began:
Lost	Grounded and lost off Bizerte, Tunisia, during a voyage from Piraeus, Greece to Sweden.		Date:	1983/01/21

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