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Mv Astor (II)

ex Fedor Dostyevskiy, Astor

Steel twin screw motor vessel built by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft ,Germany (Yard no 218) in 1986 for South African Marine Coorporation (Safemarine). Launched May 30th, 1986.

Technical Data

Length

176.50m (579.0 ft) (overall)

Breadth of Hull

22.61m (74.1 ft) (extreme)

Draught

6.10m (20.0 ft) (maximum)

Tonnage

20,159 gross (1986), 20,606 gross (1988), 7,637 net, 3,950 deadweight

Engines

Four x 8-cylinder Sulzer SRG 6ZAL40 diesels

Power

15,400 kw

Speed

21 knots

Capacity

656 passengers

Call Sign

C6JR3

MMSI Number

308214000

IMO Number

8506373

Registry

Bahamas

History

1985: Ordered, by South Africa Marine Corporation, Kapstaden, South Africa for Durban - Southampton route, because machinery installation of 1984 acquired ASTOR not of sufficient power for maintenance of liner service.

January 21st 1986: Keel laid.

May 30th 1986: Launched , by floating out of dry dock.

January 1986: While under construction plan for liner service abandoned and she was sold on completion, to Marlan Corporation, Port Louis, Mauritius.

January 14th 1987: Delivered .

January 14th 1987: Maiden cruise from Hamburg via Genoa and then to South America, followed by cruising in the Caribbean.

1988: Transferred to Fedor Dostoevskiy Shipping Co, Nassau, Bahamas.

October 3rd 1988: Sold to Black Sea Shipping Co, Odessa, Soviet Union. Renamed FEDOR DOSTOEVSKIY.

December 23rd 1988: Chartered to Transocean and made her first cruise from Genoa.

March 1990: Chartered to Neckermann Seereisen for four years.

1991: Transferred to Fedor Dostoevskiy Shipping Co, Nassau, Bahamas.

December 1st 1995: Renamed ASTOR. Chartered to Aquamarin for cruising.

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