Bay class (1992)

Bay class

Ship data flag  United Kingdom Ship type Container Ship home port London Shipyard Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries in Kure Launch from 1992 Whereabouts Scrapped in 2014

Ship dimensions and crew length 292.15 m ( Lüa ) width 32.20 m Draft Max. 11.2 m measurement 50,350 GT   crew 19th

Machine system machine single-acting nine-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine Machine performance 34,412 kW (46,787 hp) Top speed 23.5 kn (44 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Load capacity 78,724 dwt

Others Registration numbers see table

The Bay class was a series of seven fast container ships that were built in the Japanese shipyard Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) in Kure for the shipping company P&O Containers. The Jervis Bay was launched as the first ship in June 1992 .

All seven ships were scrapped in Asia in 2014.

history

The Providence Bay in the Miraflores lock of the Panama Canal

The Bay class ships were for P&O Containers Ltd. for the Europe-Far East service. For a traditional round trip from Southampton via the Panama Canal to Yokohama and back, you need an average of 63 days.

The ships were sold to the German capital investment company MPC Capital in 2004 as part of a $ 284 million package of eighteen P&O Nedlloyd and Blue Star container ships . The ships are managed by the Hamburg company ER Schiffahrt, which belongs to Rickmers Reederei . After having changed names several times, they went on charter with various container shipping companies.

Technical specifications

The ships of the Bay class of P & O Nedlloyd were fast-container ships with spaces for 4,224 TEU - containers , of which 2,273 TEUs on deck and 1,951 TEUs below deck. With a homogeneous loading of the containers with 14 tons, 3,097 TEU could be loaded on board. There were connections for 240 refrigerated containers, 66 of them below deck and 174 on deck.

The ships were 292.15 meters long and 32.20 meters wide. They belonged to the Panamax class. Her maximum draft was 11.20 meters. The ships were propelled by a nine-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine of the type Sulzer 9 RTA 84 C, which acted directly on the propeller. Four Wärtsilä diesel generators with an output of 1500 kW each were available to generate the on-board and working electricity. A wave generator produced 2000 kW of electricity during operation at sea. Equipped with the most modern control and navigation systems, nine officers and ten seamen were sufficient to monitor and maintain the ship's operations.

The ships

Bay class
Building name	Shipyard construction number	IMO number	delivery	Later names and whereabouts
Jervis Bay	IHI / 3020	9005534	June 30, 1992	2008 MSC Almeria , 2009 Jervis Bay , 2014 Kyam , scrapped in 2014
Repulse Bay	IHI / 3021	9005546	October 1, 1992	2006 Maersk Dalton , 2008 MSC Dalton , 2010 Maersk Dalton , 2014 Leuc , 2014 scrapped
Newport Bay	IHI / 3022	9005558	January 1, 1993	2006 Maersk Darlington , 2007 MISC Darlington , 2009 Maersk Darlington , 2014 Mekol , 2014 scrapped in Alang
Singapore Bay	Namura Shipbuilding Company, Imari / 921 IHI / 3023	9005560	May 1993	2006 Maersk Dartford , 2008 Msc Dartford , 2010 Maersk Dartford , 2013 Patai , scrapped in Alang from January 2014
Shenzen Bay	IHI / 3027	9080613	June 1, 1994	Started in 1994 as Providence Bay , 2006 Maersk Dauphin , 2007 MSC Malaysia , 2009 Maersk Dauphin , 2013 Otse , 2014 scrapped in Alang
Shenzen Bay	IHI / 3038	9079547	September 1, 1994	2006 Maersk Delano , 2008 MSC Salerno , 2009 Maersk Delano , 2013 Repton , 2014 scrapped in Alang
Tor Bay	IHI / 3054	9103037	March 1, 1995	Launched as Colombo Bay , 2006 Maersk Delmont , 2013 Sezze , 2014 scrapped in Chittagong
Data: Equasis, large tonnage

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Equasis homepage (English)
2. ↑ grosstonnage homepage (English)

literature

• Tony Gibbons: The World of Ships. Bassermann, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8094-2186-3 , p. 181