Calédonia (ship, 1952)

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Ship data
flag FranceFrance (national flag of the sea) France
other ship names

Nisos Kypros (1972)
Island of Cyprus (1972–1974)

Ship type Passenger ship
home port Marseille
Shipping company Messageries Maritimes
Shipyard Ateliers & Chantiers de France , Dunkirk
Build number 209
baptism April 26, 1952
Launch April 26, 1952
takeover September 1952
Commissioning October 1, 1952
Decommissioning March 1974
Whereabouts Scrapped in Taiwan in 1974
Ship dimensions and crew
length
167.35 m ( Lüa )
width 20.63 m
Draft Max. 7.65 m
measurement 12,712 GT
Machine system
machine B&W diesel engines
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		7,576 kW (10,300 hp)
Top
speed 		16 kn (30 km / h)
propeller 2 × fixed propellers
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers 350
Others
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 5057852

The Calédonia was one of two identical passenger ships . She entered service in 1952 for the French shipping company Messageries Maritimes . The Calédonia was sold in 1972 and then used under the Greek flag for two years until it was scrapped in Taiwan in 1974 .

history

The Calédonia was built by Ateliers & Chantiers de France in Dunkirk and launched on April 26, 1952. The ship was delivered in September 1952 and put into service on October 1, 1952 on the route from Marseille to Australia . 1953 followed the identical sister ship Tahitien .

The Calédonien remained as her sister ship for twenty years in service for Messageries Maritimes and was sent to the Greek shipping company in 1972 Efthymiades Lines sold them in Nisus Kypros renamed. In the same year, however, the name was changed to Island of Cyprus .

The Island of Cyprus was henceforth used in the liner service from Piraeus to Cyprus . The service turned out to be unprofitable, so that the ship was decommissioned in March 1974 and offered for sale. The demolition yard Chi Shun Hwa Steel Co. Ltd. became the new owner. based in Kaohsiung . On June 10, 1974, the Island of Cyprus arrived in Kaohsiung and was scrapped there in the following months.

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