Jupiter (ship, 1975)

Jupiter

The ship as Jupiter from Fjord Line

From 1975 flag  Panama Cambodia   other ship names Color Viking King of Scandinavia Dana Gloria Svea Corona Wellamo Shipping company Jupiter Cruises Shipyard Dubigeon, Normandy Build number 142 baptism 17th July 1975 Launch 15th September 1974 takeover July 9, 1975 Whereabouts Capsized in 2017

Ship dimensions and crew length 153.12 m ( Lüa ) width 22.04 m Draft Max. 5.8 m measurement 12,348 GRT / 6,198 NRT

From 1989 length 175.3 m ( Lüa ) width 22.04 m Draft Max. 5.86 m measurement 20,581 GRT / 10,114 NRT

Machine system machine 4 × Pielstick diesel engines (12 PC2-2V-400) Machine performance 17,660 kW (24,011 hp) Top speed 21 kn (39 km / h)

Transport capacities Load capacity 1,720 dw

From 1989 Load capacity 2,857 dw

Others Registration numbers IMO no. 7360186

The Jupiter was a ship of the Vietnamese Jupiter Cruises.

history

The ship was built as a ferry in 1974 . The launch took place on September 15 of that year. On July 9, 1975 the ship was delivered to Finland Steamship in Helsinki and christened on July 17 . It was then used between Helsinki and Stockholm until 1981 .

In April 1981 the ship was sold to DFDS and used from June of that year as Dana Gloria between Esbjerg and Newcastle or between Gothenburg and Newcastle.

From 1984 to 1985 the ship operated as Svea Corona for Silja Line between Stockholm, Mariehamn and Turku . In late May 1985 it was renamed Dana Gloria again and used between Copenhagen and Oslo .

At the end of 1988 the ship was lengthened by around 22 meters at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg . Then it came back into service as the King of Scandinavia and was used again between Copenhagen and Oslo and later also between Copenhagen, Helsingborg and Oslo.

In 1994 the ship was bought by Color Line and used as Color Viking on the route Bergen - Haugesund - Stavanger - Newcastle. In 1998 the route and the ship were sold to Fjord Line . The ferry, renamed Jupiter , served the route until 2004 when it was replaced by the larger Fjord Norway . From February 2006 and February 2007 the Jupiter was used by Statoil as a barge near Hammerfest . In 2007 the ship was sold to the Royal Group in Hong Kong and used for cruises in Asia from 2008 . From June 2010 the ship was launched in Van Ninh .

On November 14, 2017, the ship capsized off Quy Nhon in Vietnam .

Sister ships

The Jupiter had two sister ships, the Bore Star , scrapped in Alang in 2013 , and the Svea Corona, scrapped in Aliağa in 1995 .

Web links

Commons : IMO 7360186  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Ship details at Fakta om Fartyg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.baogiaothong.vn/phat-hien-cabin-bi-gay-cua-tau-jupiter-gap-nan-do-bao-so-12-d232927.html