Blue Funnel M-Class (1957)

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Blue Funnel M-Class p1
Ship data
Ship type General cargo ship
Shipping company Ocean Steam Ship Company / Blue Funnel Line
Shipyard Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering , Dundee
Vickers-Armstrong , Newcastle
Construction period 1957 to 1960
Units built 6th
Cruising areas Worldwide trip
Ship dimensions and crew
length
150.81 m ( Lüa )
138.81 m ( Lpp )
width 19.93 m
Side height 11.00 m
Draft Max. 8.81 m
measurement 8538 GRT
Machine system
machine 1 × MAN six-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		8,500 hp (6,252 kW)
Top
speed 		16.5 kn (31 km / h)
propeller 1 × fixed propeller
Machine installation from 1955
machine 1 × MAN eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine
Machine
performance 		5,340 hp (3,928 kW)
Transport capacities
Load capacity ~ 10,000 dw
Others
Classifications Lloyd's Register

The M-Class (English: "M" class or "M" Boats) of the British Blue Funnel Line was built in six units from 1957. The design was created in six units at two different shipyards. The M-Class was one of the shipping company's last drafts of a conventional general cargo ship. The design was a further development of the A-class ships, the design of which was based on the Glenearn-class ships built between 1938 and 1942 for the subsidiary Glen Line , but developed by Holt .

The class ship Melampus belonged from June 1967 to May 1975 to a group of 15 ships trapped in the Suez Canal , the Yellow Fleet .

technical description

The ships had a carrying capacity of almost 10,000 tons, six holds , cold storage rooms and sweet oil tanks. The ships were the shipping company's first with steel MacGregor hatch covers . The cargo was handled with conventional loading gear . The drive was provided by a Harland & Wolff six-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine. The Maron's machinery was the first ship of the shipping company to receive data monitoring and an alarm system. The superstructures arranged amidships had (also for the first time at the shipping company) air conditioning and some passenger seats.

The ships

Blue Funnel M-Class
Ship name Shipyard / construction number IMO number Commissioning Later names and whereabouts
Menelaus Caledon Shipbuilding / 5232086 1957 1972 Mano , 1977 Oti , 1978 Elstar , scrapped in Pusan ​​from February 27, 1979
Menestheus Caledon Shipbuilding / 5232103 1958 1977 Onitsha , 1978 Elisland , scrapped from March 19, 1979 in Kaohsiung
Memnon Vickers-Armstrong / 5231941 1959 1975 Stentor , 1977 Owerri , 1978 Europe , scrapped in Alang in 1988
Machaon Caledon Shipbuilding / 5216422 1959 1977 Obuasi , 1978 Med Endeavor , scrapped in Kaohsiung in 1979
Melampus Vickers-Armstrong / 5231501 1960 Trapped in the Suez Canal from June 1967 to May 1975, Annoula II in 1975 , scrapped in 1982
Maroon Caledon Shipbuilding / 5226142 1960 1975 Rhexenor , 1977 Opobo , 1978 Europe II , launched March 26, 1982 in Eleusis, scrapped in Aliaga from April 5, 1987

literature

  • Haws, Duncan: Blue Funnel Line . 1st edition. TCL Publications, Torquay 1984, ISBN 0-946378-01-0 .

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