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Current Name |
Brahe |
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Previous Name |
Kristina Brahe (until 2010), Sunnhordland (until 1974), HMS Kilchrenan (until 1949), BEC-4 (until ?), PCE-830 (1943) |
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IMO |
5345065 |
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Call Sign |
OIEC |
|
Manager |
Saimaan Matkaverkko Oy (SaimaaTravel), Lappeenranta, Finland |
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Owner |
Saimaan Matkaverkko Oy (SaimaaTravel), Lappeenranta, Finland |
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Flag |
Finland |
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Port of Registry |
Lappeenranta |
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Type of Ship |
passenger ship |
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Completion |
1943 |
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Shipyard |
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing, Chicago, IL, United States of America |
|
GT |
1.105 |
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Overall Length [m] |
56,49 |
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Registered Breadth [m] |
10,06 |
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Maximum Draught [m] |
2,80 |
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Propulsion [KW] |
2.238 |
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Propulsion [BHP] |
3.042 |
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Speed [Kn] |
14,0 |
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Capacity Passengers |
250 |
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Additional Information |
originally built for the USA as the 4th of 15 submarine chasers. The complete series was already transferred to United Kingdom in 1943 and used there as patrol vessels. In 1948, the ship was converted into a cargo and passenger ship together with 2 other ships of this series. In 1974 >Sunnhordland< was converted from a general cargo / passenger ship into a cruise ship. >Kristina Brahe< was in use as a cruise ship until 2010. |
