The Aniara type from the Wallenius shipping company was built in a series of five units. They were the first modern car transporters planned and built as such .
The design of the Aniara and her sister ships was carried out by the ship construction office Fartygskonstruktionen in Uddevalla according to instructions and preliminary drafts of the shipping company Wallenius. The shipping company had gained experience with other car transporters since 1955 and was the first to implement the RoRo principle for new builds of this type of ship. The actual construction of the series was commissioned in 1963 from Lödöse Varf in Lödöse and Ekensbergs Varv in Stockholm. The Lödöse shipyard delivered the type ship Aniara to its clients on December 13, 1963, the day before the Oberon was launched there . As usual with Wallenius, the names of the five ships are based on pieces of music - here on operas Aniara , Oberon , Elektra , Porgy and Bess .
The Aniara and her sisters were initially used for Wallenius in car transport in the North and Baltic Seas and then sold again between 1967 and 1972. Two of the ships went to the shipping company Scandinavian Motorships Ab Stockholm , which had originally also ordered a ship of the type, two more (the first built Aniara and the final Bess ) were taken over by the shipping company Halidan Limited from Hamilton in Bermuda and the fifth ship became sold to South Africa. The Aniara sailed from 1984 after further sales and name changes as Choroni for the US shipping company Welcome Maritime Company under the Venezuela flag and capsized on July 17, 1984 in the Puerto Rican port of San Juan . The ship was lifted and declared a total loss on January 17, 1985. Exactly one year later the ship was towed to Santo Domingo for demolition. 1985 also capsized and sank the sister ship Oberon . Two other ships of the series were lost in ship fires, only the former Elektra , the only ship in the series built by the Ekensbergs Werft, is still listed under the name Mount I as in service in 2012 .
technology
The ship's design was designed as a RoRo cargo ship with additional loading gear and a deckhouse arranged aft . The volume of the hold is 3767 m 3 and has three decks that are connected to one another by a ramp system. The lower decks are only 1.75 meters high, but the intermediate deck in the hatch area can be loaded with folding decks on two levels or with vehicles up to 4.00 meters high, which enables trucks to be transported. Two open wagon platforms are set up on deck, with the main deck being reinforced for loading with trucks and large containers. The normal access to the hold is through a vehicle ramp in the foldable stem of the ship. Thanks to the facility with hatch covers and loading booms, this type of ship could also be used for conventional cargo handling in paper travel. The construction of the bow visor , which protruded down into the waterline when the ship was unloaded, was relatively complex, as the ships were designed with a high ice class with a view to year-round use, especially in the Baltic Sea .
The ships are powered by a MWM eight-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine with an output of 1300 hp. The engine enables a speed of around twelve knots. The berthing maneuvers are a KaMeWa - pitch propeller support and an extra-large rudder.
The ships
The ships of the Aniara type
Building name
Delivery / year of construction
Shipyard / construction number
IMO number
Client
Renaming and whereabouts
Aniara
December 13, 1963
/ 139
5414775
Rederi A / B Wallstar, Stockholm
1971 Apollo New Brunswick , 1972 Roro New Brunswick , 1975 Leon , 1975 Ciudad De Leon , 1980 Aniara , 1984 Choroni , capsized in 1984, lifted in 1985 and demolished in 1986
Oberon
April 23, 1964
140/140
6402975
Rederi A / B Wallstar, Stockholm
1972 Jeanne RE , 1979 Sinno ME , capsized on June 28, 1985 about a nautical mile from Barcelona and sank
Elektra
June 10, 1964
Ekensbergs / 231
6409686
Rederi A / B Wallenco, Stockholm
1972 Sergel , 1973 Nopal Sea , 1975 Alpha Carrier , 1980 Aegean Polyvos , 1983 Olympos , 1984 Maris , 1985 Otelo , 1986 Mirian , 1989 Carolina , 1991 Anteo , 1991 Kalba III , 1996 Mount I , 2002 Orlik , so in motion
Porgy
August 1964
141 /
6413522
Bertil Bernadotte af Wisborg, Wallhamn
1969 Greta Delport , 1978 Deborah D. , caught fire in Nickerie on December 16, 1984 , then aground in the Corantijn river and burned out there
Bess
January 28, 1965
142 /
6423383
Bertil Bernadotte af Wisborg, Wallhamn
1971 Apollo Newfoundland , 1972 Roro Newfoundland , 1975 Alpha Transporter , 1980 Aegean Star , 1981 Cuernavaca , engine room fire on June 16, 1983 in the port of Buenaventura , where it was scrapped in situ in 1984
Equasis, large tonnage
literature
MS "Aniara" and MS "Oberon" - two new car transporters for Wallenius . In: Ship and Harbor . Vol. 16, No.5 , 1964, pp.487-489 .
