Mv Roi Leopold (III), Najd
 
  
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Steel twin screw motor vessel, built and engined by Cockerill’s of Hoboken in 1955 for the Belgian Marine Administration’s Ostend-Dover passenger service. Launched November 9th,1955.

Technical Data

Registry - Ostend

ID Number - 5298808

Length on deck - 114m (374 ft)(overall)

108.56m (356.2 ft) (between perpendiculars)

Breadth of hull - 15.9m (49.10 ft)(extreme)

14.23m (46.7 ft) (moulded)

Depth - 7.3m (24.11 ft) (moulded)

Draught - 4.45m (13 ft)(maximum)

Tonnage - 3,388 gross, 3,794

1,513 net, 1,710

408 deadweight

Engines - Two 12-cylinder Cockerill/Sulzer two-stroke single acting diesels.

Power - 11190kW

Speed - 22 knots

Capacity - 1700 passengers (in holds)

Call Sign - ORAL (@ 1974)

History

November 9th 1955: Launched

June 22nd 1956: Delivered to Regie voor Maritiem Transport, Oostende, Belgium.

July 1956: Commenced service between Ostend and Dover.

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1968: English port became Folkestone.

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November 1st 1971: Belgian Marine became the Belgian Maritime Transport Authority - Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT).

1973: Belgian Sealink livery

1975: Summer weekends and “specials” only.

September 24th 1976: Laid up in reserve.

March 2nd 1978: Sold to Najd Marine Corp., Panama

March 10th 1978: Left for Piraeus to be rebuilt, Renamed NAJD.

1978: Commenced service between Jeddah - Aquaba - Port Suez.

1979: Registered to Najd Shipping Co., Saudi Arabia.

1980: Registered to Najd Trading & Constructions Est., Saudi Arabia.

1986: Renamed NAJD I.

1987: Broken up in Pakistan.

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