PASSENGER/CARGO VESSEL LINKS SOUTH ATLANTIC ISLANDS

This passenger cargo ship was delivered to operators, Curnow Shipping by A and P Appledore. It will be the only scheduled means of access to the island of St Helena and will be capable of carrying 132 passengers and 1,800 tonnes of cargo. General-arrangement drawings are given. Principal particulars are: propulsion 2 x Mirrlees Blackstone 6K Major length overall 105.0 m length between perpendiculars 95.0 m breadth moulded 19.2 m depth to upper deck 10.0 m draught design 6.0 m tonnage, gross register 6767 displacement 7000 t tonnage, deadweight 3130 t speed, service 14.5 knots container capacity 52 TEU passengers 132

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Motor Ship, v 71 n 843, Oct 1990, p 24 [4 p, 6 fig]
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• Geographic Terms: Saint Helena
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo passenger ships
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00699196
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM