Universe Apollo
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Universe Apollo |
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| Ship data | ||
| Ship type : | Turbine tanker | |
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| Ship christening : | December 6, 1958 | |
| Completion: | February 16, 1959 | |
| Builder: | National Bulk Carriers in Kure, Japan | |
| Shipping company : | Universe tankships | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Gross Tonnage : | 72.133 | |
| Net Tonnage : | ||
| Load capacity : | 104,520 t from 1962 about 120,000 t | |
| Length over all: | 289.50 m | |
| Length between perpendiculars: | 274.30 m | |
| Width over everything: | 41.30 m | |
| Side height : | m | |
| Max. Draft : | m | |
| Propulsion system | ||
| Drive: | 1 × General Electric steam turbine with gearbox on 1 × propeller | |
| Machine power: | 27,500 hp | |
| Top speed: | 15.0 kn | |
| Propeller diameter: | 7.60 m | |
| Others | ||
| Number of crew: | ? | |
| Whereabouts | Canceled from September 5, 1979 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan | |
The Universe Apollo was a turbine tanker owned by the Universe Tankships that entered service in 1959. She was the world's first tanker with more than 100,000 TDW .
history
The Universe Apollo was built in 1958 under construction number 66 by National Bulk Carriers in Kure , Japan for the company Universe Tankships of the tanker shipping company Daniel K. Ludwig. On February 16, 1959, after a construction period of only seven months, she went on her first trip to the Persian Gulf in the Idemitsu Kōsan charter . With its four steam-powered charge pumps, it was able to charge its entire charge in just 80 hours and discharge it in 30 hours. After the changes to the regulations on the freeboard for tankers in 1962, the carrying capacity increased to over 120,000 tons. In 1977 the ship was launched in Piraeus and in 1979 it was finally sold to Taiwanese abandoners . It arrived in Kaohsiung on September 5, 1979 for demolition.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Universe Apollo on Miramar Ship Index (English) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed May 8, 2009
literature
- Rolf Schönknecht, Uwe Laue: Ocean freighters of the world shipping (library of ship types). transpress VEB publishing house for transport, Berlin 1987ff.
- For piece goods, containers and trailers . 1987, ISBN 3-344-00182-5 .
Web links
- Report of December 8, 1958 in the Hamburger Abendblatt ( Memento of August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Photos and data of the Universe Apollo at T2Tanker