Sietas type 87
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The Type 87 is a RoRo ship type from the Sietas shipyard in Hamburg-Neuenfelde , of which three units were built in 1975. Subsequent modifications made the ships different from one another in terms of their deck superstructures , lengths, widths and measurements . They were scrapped together in Aliağa in February 2014 .
history
The Sietas shipyard developed the Type 87 according to the specifications of the Swedish Stena Line , which had ordered three freight ferries of this series in May 1974 with the Stena Trailer , Stena Traveler and Stena Trader . The first two units were laid down on August 13 and 31, 1974, respectively . Shortly afterwards, Stena Line decided to charter the two newbuildings to the British shipping company P&O , which at the time was planning the establishment of new ferry services in the Irish Sea and needed additional capacity for this. As a result of chartering ran Stena Trailer on 31 October 1974 with the name Bison and the Stena Traveler on January 6, 1975 as Buffalo from the stack . In the same month, Stena Line sold the two ferries to Hain Nourse Limited, which is part of the P&O Group . After their deliveries they were put into service on the Pandoro connection (derived from P-and-O-Ro Ro) between Fleetwood (England) and Larne (Northern Ireland), which opened in April 1975 . The third ship, the Stena Trader , which was laid down on January 7, 1975 , was acquired by P&O through its subsidiary Northern Coasters Limited. She was launched on March 3, 1975 with the name Union Melbourne and was scheduled for a five-year charter to the New Zealand Union Steam Ship Company , which also belonged to P&O. The ship was delivered from the Sietas shipyard on May 29, 1975 and then extended by 16.80 meters at Nobiskrug in Rendsburg , before being transferred to New Zealand in autumn 1975. There was the Union Melbourne in scheduled service between Auckland and Sydney (Australia) until she spent in May 1978 ahead of schedule to return to Europe. On the return voyage, the ship was completely overhauled in Singapore by mid-September 1978 .
From November 1978, all three sister ships drove mainly in the Pandoro service between Fleetwood and Larne, although they were also temporarily used separately on other ferry connections. The Union Melbourne was equipped with additional passenger cabins after a change of owner in 1980 and renamed Puma . The other two ships were also rebuilt several times in the 1980s and 1990s, so that the three units increasingly differed from one another. As a result of restructuring within the P&O Group, the subsidiary Pandoro Limited was merged into P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea) Limited in spring 1998. As a result, the three ships were renamed European Pioneer (previously Bison ), European Leader (previously Buffalo ) and European Seafarer (previously Puma ). In 2004 P&O sold the ferry service on the Fleetwood – Larne line and the ships used there to Stena Line. The three ferries were then named Stena Pioneer , Stena Leader and Stena Seafarer . In December 2010, Stena Line ceased operations on the Fleetwood – Larne line for economic reasons and laid the three ships in Belfast . They were sold in May 2011 to the Russian owner company Anship, which had them transferred to Sevastopol (Ukraine) with the new names Ant 1 (formerly Bison ), Ant 2 (formerly Union Melbourne ) and Anna Marine (formerly Buffalo ) the following month . From the beginning of 2012 the three ships were chartered for the shipping company Anrusstrans between Zonguldak (Turkey) and Skadowsk (Ukraine). To test a permanent ferry connection, the Anna Marine was used on a trial basis from April 2012, initially between Mersin (Turkey) and Port Said (Egypt) and from there through the Suez Canal to Duba (Saudi Arabia) from June . The project was abandoned in September 2012. At the beginning of 2014, the Russian owner company sold the three ships to a scrapping yard in Aliağa (Turkey). Their scrapping there began on February 13, 2014.
technology
The Type 87 was designed as a RoRo cargo ferry primarily for the transport of semi-trailers and originally had only one cabin capacity for twelve passengers. It was based on the so-called Stena Seaporter design that the shipping company Stena Line had developed in the early 1970s. Stena Line commissioned three more ships based on this design, which were about ten meters shorter than the Sietas Type 87, from the Austrian shipyard in Korneuburg . The three units built at Sietas had a length of 125.00 m (112.00 m Lpp ) and a width of 19.05 m. Their height from the keel to the upper deck was 12.00 m, the maximum draft 3.79 m. Upon delivery, the ships were measured with 3,452 GRT , 1,103 NRT and a deadweight of around 5,815 dwt . They had a tailgate through which the main deck and the upper deck, which was provided with a ramp, could be driven. A hatch in the main deck also enabled vehicles to be stowed in the lower cargo space with the aid of a 30 t lifting device .
The ships had two controllable pitch propellers and were each powered by two twelve-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engines of the type KHD SBV 12M 540. The engines had an output of 6,000 hp each .
bison
In 1981, Tyne Shiprepairs Ltd. in Newcastle the ship to a total of 141.81 m (128.80 m Lpp). By installing additional structures behind the bridge, a total of 76 passenger cabins could be accommodated on board. The ship was remeasured with 4,377 GRT, 1,759 NRT and a deadweight of 4,170 dwt. In 1995 the Bison received an additional vehicle deck at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead , which was built on a stand construction above the rear part of the upper deck. In order to be able to lead a ramp to the new deck, the hull amidships was widened to 23.80 m. This made the Bison the widest ship of the series and then measured 14,426 GT , 4,328 NRZ, 7,078 dwt and 1,674 gauge meters .
Buffalo
The Buffalo was extended to a total of 141.81 m (128.81 m Lpp) in 1988 at the Hall, Russell shipyard in Aberdeen and equipped with 45 new passenger cabins. The subsequent re-measurement was carried out with 10,987 GRT, 5,863 NRT and 4,377 dwt. From April to July 1998 the ship was extended at A&P in Falmouth to a total of 157.36 m (144.20 m Lpp) and it was equipped with 35 additional passenger cabins. The Buffalo , which was named European Leader after the renovation , became the longest ship in the series and was re-measured with 12,879 GT, 3,933 dwt and 1,608 gauge meters.
Union Melbourne
The Union Melbourne was extended to 141.81 m (128.80 m Lpp) immediately after its delivery from the Sietas shipyard near Nobiskrug in Rendsburg . The conversion was completed in September 1975 and the ship was then re-measured with 4,043 GRT, 1,453 NRT, 5,599 dwt and 5.81 m draft. Tyne Shiprepairs Ltd. in Newcastle expanded the superstructure in 1980 and installed a total of 45 passenger cabins on board. In 1994 the ship was remeasured with 10,957 GT, 4,035 dwt and 1,380 gauge meters.
The ships
| Sietas type 87 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | Construction number |
IMO number |
Keel laying, launching, delivery |
Client | Renaming and whereabouts |
| Stena trailer | 755 | 7361570 | 08/13/1974 10/31/1974 24/01/1975 |
Stena Line , Gothenburg | Launched due to charter as bison , 1/1975 sold to Hain Nourse Ltd. ( P&O Group ), 1981 conversion and extension, 1995 conversion and widening → 1998 European Pioneer → 2004 Stena Pioneer → 2011 Ant 1 , scrapped from February 13, 2014 in Aliağa |
| Stena Traveler | 756 | 7361582 | 08/31/1974 01/06/1975 03/26/1975 |
Stena Line, Gothenburg | Launched as Buffalo due to charter, 1/1975 sold to Hain Nourse Ltd. (P&O Group), 1988 conversion and extension, 4/1998 to 7/1998 conversion and second extension, 8/1998 European Leader → 2004 Stena Leader → 2011 Anna Marine , scrapped from February 13, 2014 in Aliağa |
| Stena Trader | 757 | 7361594 | 07.01.1975 03.03.1975 29.05.1975 |
Stena Line, Gothenburg | 1/1975 Construction contract after laying the keel to Northern Coasters Ltd. (P&O Group) sold, launched as Union Melbourne , 1975 extension, 9/1980 renaming Union Trader and extension of the superstructures, 11/1980 Puma → 1998 European Seafarer → 2004 Stena Seafarer → 2011 Ant 2 , from February 13, 2014 in Aliağa scrapped |
literature
- Gert Uwe Detlefsen: The type ships of the Sietas shipyard. Verlag HM Hauschild, Bremen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89757-494-6
Web links
- Union Melbourne deck plan published by NZ Ship & Marine Society
- MV Buffalo - Past and Present , Ship History at Dover Ferry Photos
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Gert Uwe Detlefsen: The type ships of the Sietas shipyard. Verlag HM Hauschild, Bremen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89757-494-6 , p. 178
- ↑ a b c d e Ship data of the Sietas newbuildings from the archive of shipbuilder Klaus Krummlinde
- ↑ Facta om Fartyg, M / S Bison (in Swedish), accessed July 27, 2019
- ↑ Facta om Fartyg, M / S Buffalo (in Swedish), accessed July 27, 2019
- ↑ Facta om Fartyg, M / S Union Melbourne (in Swedish), accessed July 27, 2019