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Created: 2023-02-05 8:29:08 AM
Last Edited: 2023-02-06 3:33:02 PM




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Manchester Venture
  IMO: 5277309  
Details/Construction
Builder:Weser SeebeckLocation:Bremerhaven, GermanyHull #:809
Keel Layed:Launched:1956/01/27Commissioned:1956/05
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Diesel engineOutput:12.5 Knots
Manufacturer:
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):78.6 m (257.9 ft)Gross Tonnage:1662
Length (lbp):75.6 m (248.0 ft)Net Tonnage:
Beam:13.1 m (43.0 ft)Dead Weight:2711
Depth:Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Manchester Liners Ltd.1956/051961
General Shipping Company Ltd.19611968
Bat Tiran Mediterranean Lines Ltd.19681972
FleetFromUntil
Manchester Liners Ltd. - Manchester, England1956/051961
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Manchester Venture1961
Philomel1968
Bat Tiran
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
Br 185824 Manchester, United Kingdom 1956/05 1961
Br 185824 London, United Kingdom 1961 1968
Ashdod, Israel 1968 1972/10
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Kartal, Turkey following a fire and explosion West of the Saronic Islands (Greece), in the Mediterranean (37.30N/21.06E), on August 5, 1972.
Arrival at Yard1972/10Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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