Current Name |
Merle |
Previous Name |
Lys Clipper (until 2006), Apollo (until 1995) |
Classification Society |
Germanischer Lloyd |
IMO |
9106936 |
Call Sign |
V2AG6 |
Manager |
Fahrdorfer Schifffahrts GmbH, Fahrdorf, Federal Republic of Germany |
Owner |
Fahrdorfer Schifffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS 'MERLE', Fahrdorf, Federal Republic of Germany |
Flag |
Antigua & Barbuda |
Port of Registry |
St. John's |
Type of Ship |
dry cargo ship |
Completion |
1994 |
Shipyard |
Slovenske Lodenice a.s., Komarno, Slovakia |
Building No. |
2923 |
GT |
2.456 |
DWT [t] |
3.706 |
Overall Length [m] |
87,99 |
Registered Breadth [m] |
12,80 |
Maximum Draught [m] |
5,50 |
Propulsion [KW] |
1.500 |
Propulsion [BHP] |
2.039 |
Speed [Kn] |
11,7 |
Capacity Containers [TEU] |
176 |
Capacity Grain [m3] |
4.649 |
Capacity Bales [m3] |
4.620 |
Additional Information |
17th ship of a series of almost identically constructed cargo ships of the shipyard type "Ryn" / "Rhine" (1st generation, 39 vessels) - without the ships of the sonamed „Au" class“ of the shipping company "Erwin Stralmann" (2nd generation, 17 vessels, type ship: >Eider<) |