Claymore II
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The Claymore II is a cargo and passenger ship that has been used to supply Pitcairn Island since 2009 . Previously, the ship was in service from 1968 to 1998 as the buoy laying Konrad Meisel and from 1998 to 2009 in South Africa as the Isibane .
history
The ship was built in 1968 at the Neue Jadewerft in Wilhelmshaven ( hull number 113) and commissioned as Konrad Meisel for the Cuxhaven Waterways and Shipping Office. After 30 years of use, the buoy laying ship was replaced by the multi-purpose ship Neuwerk in 1998 and decommissioned.
In the same year the company was sold to South Africa and renamed Isibane . Two years later, Zonnekus Mansion Pty. Ltd, based in Cape Town , continued to register the ship as an Isibane in Panama .
The New Zealand Stoney Creek Shipping Co. Ltd. bought the ship in August 2009 and had it registered in Tauranga as Claymore II in September 2009 . Since then, the ship has been under contract annually for four supply trips from New Zealand to Pitcairn and for eight ferry connections between Mangareva and Pitcairn. In addition to this fixed timetable, the Claymore II is also available for other charter trips .
Pitcairn Charter
The Claymore II is the only regular connection to Pitcairn Island that has no port or airfield. The ship has to anchor in Bounty Bay (named after the wreck of the Bounty ) and hand over both cargo and passengers to two aluminum boats about twelve meters long. These motorized surfboats , referred to as “longboats” by the Pitcairners themselves, then bring the cargo to the only landing point on the rocky island. A Pitcairn Islands postage stamp shows the Claymore II reloading cargo.
The Claymore II commutes between Pitcairn and Mangareva in French Polynesia every three months to supply goods to the island and its inhabitants . Passengers must first reach the nearest airport in the Gambier Islands and then are taken to the main island of Mangareva by boat. There they are received by the crew on the pier of Rikitea and quartered in the six double cabins on the lower deck. Further passenger facilities are located on deck 3. The Claymore II operates according to a fixed timetable and needs 32 hours at a cruising speed of 9.5 knots for the almost 300 nautical miles long sea voyage to Bounty Bay .
Sister ships
At the Neue Jadewerft and the Norderwerft three more buoy layers of this type were built:
- Otto Treplin (Jadewerft / construction number 101), from 1966 to 2002 water and shipping authority Kiel and from 2008 to 2017 shipping company Norden-Frisia .
- Gustav Meyer (Jadewerft / construction number 103), since 1967 Emden Waterways and Shipping Office .
- Bruno Illing (Norderwerft / construction number 864) from 1968 to 2013 Water and Shipping Authority Bremerhaven .
Web links
- MV Claymore II, Pitcairn Islands dedicated passenger / cargo vessel. Pitcairn Islands Tourism, accessed November 28, 2017 .
- Photo search IMO 6815691. ShipSpotting.com, accessed December 29, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c CLAYMORE II. ShipStamps.co.uk, accessed December 29, 2013 (English).
- ↑ Shipping Schedule. (No longer available online.) Pitcairn Islands Tourism, archived from the original on May 22, 2017 ; accessed on November 28, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
