Black Watch / Jupiter (ship, 1966)

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Black Watch / Jupiter p1
Ship data
flag NorwayNorway Norway
other ship names

Jupiter (1986–1990)
Crown M. (1990–2000)
Byblos (2000–2005)
Crown (2005–2008)
Crown A (2008)

Ship type Combined passenger and ro-ro cargo ship
Owner Shipping company Fred Olsen & Co, Kristiansand and
Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Bergen, both Norway
Shipyard Flender shipyard, Lübeck
Build number 560
Launch March 5, 1966
takeover June 25, 1966
Whereabouts Demolition from September 23, 2008 in Alang
Ship dimensions and crew
length
141.7 m ( Lüa )
129.0 m ( Lpp )
width 20.2 m
Side height 8.8 m
Draft Max. 6.5 m
measurement 9499 GRT
Machine system
machine 2 × SEMT-Pielstick 18PC2V diesel engines with 500 / min
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		16,737 hp (12,310 kW)
Top
speed 		22.0 kn (41 km / h)
propeller 2 × KaMeWa controllable pitch propellers
Transport capacities
Load capacity 3300 dw
Volume 3250 m³
Permitted number of passengers 350 (cruises)
800 (ferry traffic)
Vehicle capacity 170 cars
Others
Registration
numbers 		IMO 6609834

The passenger and cargo ship Black Watch / Jupiter was a combined passenger, cargo and ferry ship, and probably the only ship that changed its ship name every six months over a period of 20 years .

history

Fred Olsen Lines / Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab

In 1965 the Norwegian shipping company Fred Olsen & Co commissioned the Flender shipyard in Lübeck-Siems to build two ships of this combined type . In 1966 the company built two of these ships, each driven by two SEMT Pielstick diesel engines. The first to be completed was the Black Watch / Jupiter on June 25, 1966 as hull number 560, which was ordered together with the Bergen shipping company Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab , which at that time also operated the Hurtigruten , and then set out on its maiden voyage . In the following 20 years, the Black Watch / Jupiter used its two ship names, both of which were entered in the ship's papers , every six months. In the winter months from October to May, the ship under the name Black Watch for Fred Olsen & Co mainly made liner cruises between London and Madeira in the Canary Islands , transporting tropical fruits in the designated refrigerated holds. In the summer months from May to October, the Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab shipping company operated the ship as the Jupiter ferry on slightly varying routes between Norway and Great Britain. In the summer of 1976 the Jupiter sailed between Bergen and Cuxhaven . In the summer seasons from 1982 to 1986, the Jupiter was chartered to DFDS A / S , and on May 28, 1984, while she was deployed on the Gothenburg, Esbjerg and Newcastle route near Esbjerg, she had a fire in the engine room, the damage of which was caused by Blohm & Voss were repaired in Hamburg. It was able to resume operations on June 23, 1984.

Later use

In August 1986 it was sold to Norway Line , Bergen, Norway, and renamed Jupiter . From October 1986 to April 1987 the ship was a hotel ship in Kristiansand. After that it was used regularly for cruises and ferry traffic and sold, launched and renamed several times. In April 1989 she was chartered to Benetton for cruises in Northern Europe . Color Line was the new owner from the beginning of 1990 . In May 1990, the ship was Marlines , Limassol, Cyprus, to surrender in October 1990 sold after the transfer and registration in Panama in Crown M. renamed. The next name from 2000 was Byblos . In July 2001 she served as a hotel ship for a week during the G8 summit in Genoa. In November 2005 the ship was sold again after a long layover, renamed Crown and used as a hotel ship during the Palm Islands project in Dubai . In July 2008, it was finally sold to Indian dropouts . The ship was renamed Crown A for the transfer to Alang . On September 23, 2008, its last journey ended in Alang, where it was stranded two days later and then canceled.

Passenger and cargo facilities

The Black Watch / Jupiter had passenger facilities with which the passenger area could be quickly adapted to the various requirements of the respective operation every six months. The main deck was used as a ferry to accommodate the cars. The palletized refrigerated cargo was stowed there during the summer season . For this purpose, this area was divided into seven cold storage rooms with a total of 3250 m 3 , which allowed temperature ranges of −2 ° C for six rooms and down to −25 ° C for the freezer room. In addition to the stern ramp, the Black Watch / Jupiter also had two side doors and a cargo hold lift.

Sister ships

The other two ships in this series were the Black Prince , which was later operated in the same mode with the Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab shipping company and was renamed Venus every six months , and the slightly larger Blenheim , which can only be described as a sister ship to a limited extent, and was built in England .

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ According to the ship safety website Equasis , accessed May 18, 2009
  2. ↑ a b Rolf Schönknecht, Uwe Laue: Ocean freighters of the world shipping . Volume 2, transpress VEB publishing house for transport, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-344-00282-1
  3. ^ New passenger ship for Norway "Jupiter" / "Black Watch" for England service and cruises ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) in the Hamburger Abendblatt from June 24, 1966
  4. ↑ [ Black Watch / Jupiter data from Miramar Ship Index] viewed May 18, 2009
  5. ↑ The Black Prince at Miramar Ship Index  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed May 18, 2009@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.miramarshipindex.org.nz  
  6. ↑ The Blenheim at Miramar Ship Index  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed May 18, 2009@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.miramarshipindex.org.nz