Mitsubishi type Commonwealth

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Ship data
Ship type General cargo ship
Shipyard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Construction period 1967 to 1969
Units built 6th
Cruising areas Worldwide trip
Ship dimensions and crew
length
137.75 m ( Lüa )
width 20.05 m
Draft Max. 9.36 m
measurement approx. 9,300 GRT
Machine system
machine 1 × Mitsubishi four-stroke diesel engine
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		4,178 kW (5,680 hp)
Top
speed 		14.5 kn (27 km / h)
Transport capacities
Load capacity 14,975 dwt

The Commonwealth type is a Liberty replacement ship type , which was developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in the mid-1960s as a replacement for the then aging fleet of Liberty freighters and Victory ships .

details

In the second half of the 1960s, various types of ships were offered around the world as replacements for the Liberty and Victory standard freighters still in service, as well as some other cargo ships built during the Second World War, in the world merchant fleet at that time, which were on intermediate decks with their own loading gear and approx. 14,000 tons load-bearing capacity oriented. Series such as SD-14 , Freedom and German Liberty were particularly successful .

The Commonwealth ship type was developed by Mitsubishi in the mid-1960s as one of three slightly different Liberty replacement ship types (the other two were the slightly larger MM-14 type and the Seatramp type ).

The Commonwealth ships had five holds with a volume of 20,583 m³ (bulk cargo) or 19,299 m³ (general cargo). All cargo holds were in front of the superstructures, which were arranged completely aft, the rear four had an intermediate deck. Nine hatches and ten loading booms as well as two cranes were available on the ships as their own loading gear for cargo handling.

The ships (selection)

Commonwealth type
Building name Construction
number		 IMO
number		 delivery Client Renaming
and whereabouts
Ocean great 639 6718491 April 1967 Prima Shipping & Enterprises Company, Liberia 1970 Straat Talbot , 1977 Nedlloyd Talbot , 1982 Kota Mutiara , arrival for demolition in Alang on January 16, 1991, scrapped from March 1991 by Shirdi Steel Traders.
Ocean Unity 640 6726230 July 1967 Unity Shipping & Enterprises Company, Liberia Sold under construction to Thai Mercantile Marine, Bangkok, launched as Pipat Samut , 1970 Straat Tauranga , 1977 Nedlloyd Tauranga , 1982 Kota Mulia , demolished on September 4, 1990 at Kwality Steel Supplies in Alang.
Pichai Samut 641 6725779 November 1967 Thai Mercantile Marine, Bangkok 1971 Sea Dolphin , 1977 Muhuti , 1984 Oceanic Kinship , arrival for demolition in Tadri on December 27, 1986, scrapped from January 1987 by Jawandamal Dhannamal.
Ocean Unity 642 6823105 August 1968 Unity Shipping & Enterprises Company, Liberia 1977 Sigi-Sigi , 1984 Trans One , arrival for demolition in Visakhapatnam on December 18, 1986, scrapped from January 20, 1987 by Ushooaya Shipbreaking.
Green walrus 646 6902755 February 1969 Chung Shek Enterprises Company, Hong Kong 1971 Jag Ravi , 1980 Mahakiran , 1983 Jag Rakshak , arrival for demolition in Sachana on October 22, 1997, scrapped from November 15, 1997 by Bansal Brothers.
Purple Dolphin 647 6929961 December 1969 Chung Shek Enterprises Company, Hong Kong 1971 Jag Rekha , 1981 Mahakirti , 1982 Jag Ratna , 1984 Al Razia , 1986 Lara , arrival for demolition in Kaohsiung on May 15, 1986, scrapped from May 27, 1986 by Tai Yuan Steel & Iron Company.

literature

  • MM 14 . In: Bruno Bock (Ed.): Seekiste . Vol. 20, No. 7 . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford July 1969, p. 272 .

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