Pride of Al Salam 95

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Pride of Al Salam 95
The ship as the Pride of Ailsa
The ship as the Pride of Ailsa
Ship data
flag PanamaPanama Panama
other ship names
  • Pride of Ailsa
  • Pride of Sandwich
  • Free Enterprise VI
Ship type car ferry
Shipyard ME Holland, Werf Gusto, Schiedam
Build number 881
Launch January 29, 1972
Commissioning June 15, 1972
Whereabouts Sank on October 17, 2005 after a collision off Tawfiq
Ship dimensions and crew
length
117.5 (139.4) m ( Lüa )
width 19.50 (22.48) m
Draft Max. 5.20 (5.25) m
measurement 12,503 GRT
Machine system
machine 3 × Werkspoor 8TM410 diesel engines
Top
speed 		22.0 kn (41 km / h)
propeller 3 × propellers
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers 1,132, later 1,035, finally around 1,500
Berths for passengers 68
Vehicle capacity 250 (340) cars
Others
Classifications Registro Italiano Navale
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 7204291
Data
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After renovation in 1985

The Pride of Al Salam 95 was a RoRo passenger ferry. She sank on October 17, 2005 after a collision off Tawfiq , killing several people.

history

The ship was built in 1972 as the Free Enterprise VI by ICH Holland at the Gusto shipyard in Schiedam . She was the third in a series of five sister ships of the European Ferries Group, named Free Enterprise IV to Free Enterprise VIII . The Free Enterprise VI was initially operated as part of the Townsend Thoresen service between the canal ports of Dover , Calais , Zeebrugge and Boulogne .

In 1985, the Bremerhaven Schichau shipyard provided the Free Enterprise VI with an additional cargo deck. Two years later, the shipping company P&O European Ferries took over the European Ferries Group and named the ship Pride of Sandwich in 1988 . The ship remained on the Dover-Zeebrugge service until 1992, after which it was used as the Pride of Ailsa on the Cairnryan-Larne route until 1996 .

In 1996 the Egyptian shipping company El Salam Shipping & Trading Company in Suez acquired the ship and from then on operated it under the Panamanian flag as the Pride of Al Salam 95 pilgrim ferry between Suez and Jeddah .

Collision and sinking

On October 16, 2005, the Pride of Al Salam 95 departed from Jeddah with 1,466 passengers on board. Around 7.30 p.m. on October 17, near Port Tawfiq, a collision occurred between the pilgrim ship waiting for permission to enter Suez and the bulk carrier Pearl Of Jebel Ali leaving the Suez Canal . The bulk carrier hit the ferry at the level of the engine room and tore a hole about five meters long. Both ships remained hooked after the collision, so that it was possible for the passengers and the crew of the ferry to climb aboard the Pearl Of Jebel Ali . After the evacuation of the badly hit ferry and a reverse maneuver by the Pearl Of Jebel Ali , the two ships separated, whereupon the passenger ferry sank within a few minutes. According to various publications, between two and eleven people died in the accident and another 45 to 98 people were injured. There were no fatalities or injuries on the Pearl Of Jebel Ali , and the ship suffered only minor damage.

Although the Pride of Al Salam 95 sank in the southern entrance of the Suez Canal area with its boat traffic, her wreck is no obstacle to shipping and is only appropriate buoys marked.

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