Al Mansour (ship)

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Al Mansour
The Al Mansour (left) in Tangier, May 2011
The Al Mansour (left) in Tangier, May 2011
Ship data
flag MoroccoMorocco Morocco
other ship names

Stena Nordica (1975–1978)
Hellas (1978–1979)
Stena Nordica (1979–1980)
Hellas (1980)
Stena Nordica (1980–1981)
Hellas (1981–1982)
Stena Nautica (1982–1983)
Reine Astrid (1983–1997 )
Moby Kiss (1997)

Ship type ferry
home port Casablanca
Shipping company Comanav
Shipyard Rickmers shipyard , Bremerhaven
Build number 382
Launch May 16, 1975
takeover November 28, 1975
Commissioning 2nd December 1975
Decommissioning May 2012
Whereabouts Scrapped in Turkey in 2015
Ship dimensions and crew
length
120.88 m ( Lüa )
width 19.51 m
Draft Max. 5.3 m
measurement 5,443 GRT
Machine system
machine 2 × MaK-12M551AK diesel engine
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		10,385 kW (14,120 hp)
Top
speed 		18.5 kn (34 km / h)
propeller 2 × fixed propellers
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers 1,200
Vehicle capacity 450 cars
Others
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 7360629

The Al Mansour was a ferry of the Moroccan shipping company Comanav , which was put into service in 1975 as Stena Nordica for the Stena Line . The ship stayed in service until May 2012 and was scrapped in Turkey in 2015 .

history

Stena Nordica

The Stena Nordica was created under the hull number 382 on the Rickmers shipyard in Bremerhaven and was on the 16 May 1975 stack left. After the takeover by Stena Line on November 28, 1975, the ship began ferry operations between Gothenburg and Kiel on December 2 . Since 1976, the Stena Nordica has been chartered to Canada several times to be used there in North Sydney .

From 1978 onwards, several charters were made to the Greek shipping company Hellas Ferries , which they used under the name Hellas . In the same year and 1979 Townsend Thoresen chartered the ferry.

Stena Nautica

In February 1982 the Stena Line renamed the ship the Stena Nautica . After a stay in the shipyard, it was chartered to the Belgian Regie voor Maritieme Transport and used between Ostend and Dover from April .

Pure Astrid

In March 1983 the Stena Nautica was renamed Reine Astrid . After deployments on various routes, the ship was launched in Ostend in October 1996 .

Moby Kiss

Onorato Overseas Transport Maritima became the new owner in February 1997 and renamed it Moby Kiss . However, a planned assignment for Moby Lines did not materialize.

Al Mansour

Instead, the ferry was put into service in May 1997 as Al Mansour for the Moroccan shipping company Comanav on the route from Algeciras and Tangier . In May 2012 the Al Mansour was launched in Algeciras. Comanav stopped its ferry service in the same year. After three years of berthing, the ship was auctioned in June 2015 and sold for scrapping in Aliağa , Turkey , where it arrived on August 11, 2015.

Incidents

On August 6, 2001, the Al Mansour collided with the bulk carrier Indalo off Gibraltar and was slightly damaged. In the port of Algeciras she collided with the ferry Ciudad De Malaga on April 17, 2007 . There was again slight damage.

Web links

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