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Created: 2023-02-01 7:14:49 AM
Last Edited: 2023-02-02 10:12:40 AM




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African Express (1980/02/15)
  IMO: 7422843  
Details/Construction
Builder:Austin & Pickersgill Ltd.Location:Southwick, United KingdomHull #:912
Design:SD14
Keel Layed:1978/08/07Launched:1978/12/12Commissioned:1979/04/19
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Diesel engineOutput:15 Knots
Manufacturer:
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):144.0 m (472.4 ft)Gross Tonnage:9121
Length (lbp):137.5 m (451.1 ft)Net Tonnage:
Beam:20.5 m (67.3 ft)Dead Weight:15210
Depth:Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
MS "African Express" B.V.1979/041984
Chinese Government19841998
Xiamen Changyi Shipping Company19982003/08
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
African Express1984
An Sai Jiang1998
Yu Jia
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
Breskens, Netherlands 1979/04 1984
China 1984 1998
Xiamen, China 1998 2003/08
Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at YardBeached:Work Began:
LostSunk in the Bay of Bengal (16.08N/91.31E) loaded with chrome ore from China for India.Date:2003/08/11

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