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Crystal Sapphire (1971/05/22)
  IMO: 5082728  
Details/Construction
Builder:Cammell, Laird & Company Ltd.Location:Birkenhead, EnglandHull #:1286
Keel Layed:Launched:1959/11/03Commissioned:1960/02
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Doxford 5-cylinder diesel engineOutput:5500 bhp (4046 kW) - 14.5 knots
Manufacturer:Hawthorn & Leslie (England) Ltd. - Newcastle, England
  
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):170.4 m (559.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:11688
Length (lbp):159.5 m (523.42 ft)Net Tonnage:6663
Beam:19.8 m (65.0 ft)Dead Weight:16160
Depth:12.0 m (39.5 ft)Displacement:
Draft:9.0 m (29.4 ft) 
Change Description:Data from the 1972/73 Lloyds Register
Year: 1976Length (oa):170.39 m (559.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:11400
Length (lbp):159.54 m (523.4 ft)Net Tonnage:6331
Beam:19.92 m (65.4 ft)Dead Weight:16419
Depth:12.04 m (39.5 ft)Displacement:
Draft:8.948 m (29.4 ft) 
Change Description:Data from the 1977/78 Lloyds Register
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Sugar Line Ltd. - England1960/021974/01
Taichee Shipping Inc.1974/011983/03
FleetFromUntil
Sugar Line Ltd. - London, England1960/021974/01
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Crystal Sapphire1974/01
Taichee1983/03
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
UK 301064 London, England GFHN 1960/02 1974/01
1420 Mogadishu, Somalia 6ORH 1974/01 1976/01
7995-77A Panama City, Panama H3VI 1976/01 1983/03
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan by the Lung Ching Steel Enterprise Company
Arrival at Yard1983/03/07Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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