Merle

Update 03.06.2023
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<)
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General Cargo Ships, below 5000 ts DWT