Prinsesse Margrethe - 1968 - IMO: 6829135.

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  • Roedspaetten
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    • Oct 2012
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    Prinsesse Margrethe - 1968 - IMO: 6829135.

    M/F. ?Prinsesse Margrethe?. Kobenhavn. OWTU. 1968. IMO-nummer: 6829135.
    Company: DFDS, Kobenhavn.
    Builder: Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti S.p.A., Riva Trigoso, Genoa, Italien. # 279.
    Keel laid: 15-05-1967. Launched: 05-08-1968. Sea-trials: 22 & 24-08-1968. Delivered: 29-08-1968.
    Number of passengers: 952 Number of vehicles: 100
    BRT: 7.956 NRT: 3.912 TDW: 1.100
    L: 124,95 m. B: 19,28 m. Draft: 5,22 m.
    Engines: 2 stk. B&W 1242-VT2BF-90. Hp: 12.000. KW: 9.710. Speed in knots: 21,0.
    Period trading for DFDS: 1968 - 1983. Started trading on: 21-09-1968. Last trip: 13-10-1983.
    1984: Sold
    Subsequent history:
    1968: I fart 21-09 on the route between K?benhavn in Denmark ? Oslo, Norway.
    1971-31-01: Grounded on Kullen in Sweden, en route from Oslo to Copenhagen. Later pulled off the rocks and repaired by the yard in Frederikshavn. (At FV & T ? A/S.)
    1975: Rebuilt from 03-11 to 06-02-1976 on Aalborg Yard. She was rebuilt with a new funnel and a significant expansion of the aft part of the ship, (decks).
    1976: New BRT: 8.669, NRT: 4.441, TDW: 1.084.
    1983-13-10: Arriving at the port of Copenhagen for the last time. Afterwards the ship was laid up.
    1984: On 20-08 she was sold to Fujian Province Shipping Co. (Xiamen Branch), Xiamin/Amoy, Kina.
    1984: 22-08: Taken over by the new owners at Aalborg Yard. Renamed ?Lu Jiang?.
    1984: Leaving Aalborg for Hong Kong at 24-08.
    1984: Trading until 1988, on the route Hong Kong - Kina.
    1988: Sold to Gold Coast Line S.A., Panama. Renamed: ?Asia Angel?.
    1988: Sold in December to Aqua Miabilis Ltd. (Inter orient Navigation Co. Ltd.), Limassol, Cypress. Renamed: ?Princess Cypria?.
    1990: Sold to Princess Cypria Co. Ltd. (Inter orient Navigation Co. Ltd.), Limassol, Cypress. Same name.
    2002: Laid up in Eleusis, Greece at 16-09.
    2005: Sold in March to Indian breakers and put under Mongolian flag, homeport: Ulan Bator. Renamed ?Princes?
    2005: Sailed from Eleusis on 16-03 going to India.
    2005: Arrived on Alang Road at 07-04, India for breaking up ? She was put onto the beach at
    Gohilwand Ship Breaker?s lot on 11-04
    Last edited by Roedspaetten; 15-01-14, 05:25 AM.
    The pictures are either from my own collection and/or from the archives on the Bangsbo Museum in Frederikshavn in DK and/or from the Danish Maritime Museum in Elsinore, DK. Dates, locations and photographers are unknown factors if they are not specifically mentioned.
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