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Created: 2019-05-23 9:15:25 AM
Last Edited: 2024-10-04 7:10:11 PM

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Amazonas (1965/06/11)

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5013727

Details/Construction
Builder:	Orenstein Koppel & Lübecker Maschinenbau AG	Location:	Lubeck, Germany	Hull #:	460
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1952/04/05	Commissioned:	1952/06

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 MAN 9-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	2700 bhp (1986 kW) - 13.5 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG (MAN) - Augsburg, Germany

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	106.4 m (349.1 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3952
	Length (lbp):	98.4 m (322.8 ft)	Net Tonnage:	1884
	Beam:	14.8 m (48.6 ft)	Dead Weight:	4420
	Depth:	9.0 m (29.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.2 m (20.25 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
P/R Amazonas - Germany	Friedrich A. Detjen	1952/06	1972
Malviki Shipping Company Ltd. - Cyprus		1972	1973/08

Fleet

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Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Amazonas	1972
Viki	1973/08

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
	Hamburg, Germany	DIAS		1952/06	1972
367163	Famagusta, Cyprus	6B2090		1972	1973/08

Description

On 17 August 1973 while she was on a voyage from Chekka, Lebanon to Lagos, Nigeria with a cargo of bagged cement she was in a collision with the Dutch general cargo ship GREBBESTROOM off the Algerian coast in the Mediterranean Sea.. Following the collision VIKI sank however, thankfully her entire crew was rescued by GREBBESTROOM..

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:	Work Began:
Lost	Wrecked off the Algerian Coast		Date:	1973/08/17

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