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Capitaine Torres (1989/12/01)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Hyundai Heavy Industries Company, Ltd.	Location:	Ulsan, South Korea	Hull #:	864
Keel Layed:	1978/03/05	Launched:	1978/09/05	Commissioned:	1978/11/21

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 MAN 12-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	6000 bhp (4413 kW) - 15.75 knots
	Manufacturer:	Motoren Werke Mannheim AG (MWM) - Mannheim, Germany

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	127.56 m (418.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	6444
	Length (lbp):	117.02 m (383.9 ft)	Net Tonnage:	4671
	Beam:	19.82 m (65.0 ft)	Dead Weight:	8769
	Depth:	10.52 m (34.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.841 m (25.7 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Sunny Isabella Tramp Corporation - Liberia		1978	1979
DAL Mob No.2 Shipping Corporation - Liberia		1979	1984
Lepe Shipping Corporation - Liberia		1984	1988
Latione Manne Company Ltd. - Cyprus		1988	1989/01
Sofrana Unilines Holding S.A. - Vanuatu		1989/01	1989/12/08

Fleet

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Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Sunny Isabella	1989
Capitaine Torres	1989/12/08

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
6429	Monrovia, Liberia	D5LU		1978	1988
	Limassol, Cyprus			1988	1989/01
	Port Vila, Vanuatu			1989/01	1989/12/08

Description

Caught in a serious storm and sank in the Cabot Strait between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Canada in a position 47.23N/60.03W on 8 December 1989. Her entire crew of 23 were lost. She was on a voyage from Portage, Indiana on the Great Lakes for Taiwan with machinery and factory components,

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:	Work Began:
Lost	Sank in the Cabot Strait between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, Canada		Date:	1989/12/08

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