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Created: 2022-10-29 2:15:02 PM
Last Edited: 2025-01-23 11:52:08 PM

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Finnpolaris (1985/07/09)

Finnpolaris (1985/07/11)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Juliana Gijonesa (S.A. Juliana Constructora Gijonesa)	Location:	Gijon, Spain	Hull #:	259
Keel Layed:	1978/09/16	Launched:	1979/09/06	Commissioned:	1981/09/28

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Sulzer 6RND68 6-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	9900 bhp (7282 kw) - 15.0 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Astilleros Espanoles S.A. - Sestao Works, Bilbao, Spain

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	159.16 m (522.2 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	12385
	Length (lbp):	151.62 m (497.4 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6430
	Beam:	21.42 m (70.3 ft)	Dead Weight:	14906
	Depth:	12.6 m (41.3 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	9.151 m (30.0 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Thomesto Oy - Finland	O/Y Finnlines Ltd. - Finland	1981/09	1986
Timber Shipping Ltd.	O/Y Finnlines Ltd. - Finland	1986	1989
RCRS Shipping Ltd.	FG-Shipping Oy Ab	1989	1991/08

Fleet	From	Until
Finnlines O/Y - Finland	1981/09	1989

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Finnpolaris	1991/08

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
1653	Helsinki, Finland	OIGW		1981/09	1986/03/21
	George Town, Cayman Islands	ZHED8		1986/03/21	1986/10/06
710554	Nassau, Bahamas	C6CD9		1986/10/06	1991

Description

Collided with an iceberg in Baffin Bay at 71.59.3N/59.52.7W and sank the following day 90 miles SW of Upernavik, Greenland - She had been enroute from Nanisivik, Nunavut to Darrow, Louisiana, USA with a cargo of zinc concentrate.

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:	Work Began:
Lost	Sank SW of Upernavik, Greenland after being holed by ice (see above)		Date:	1991/08/12

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