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Current Name |
Verity |
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Previous Name |
Union Mercury (until 2008), Estime (until 2004) |
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Classification Society |
Germanischer Lloyd |
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IMO |
9229178 |
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Call Sign |
MGDL2 |
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Manager |
Faversham Ships Ltd., East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom |
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Owner |
Faversham Ships Ltd., East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom |
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Flag |
Isle of Man (United Kingdom) |
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Port of Registry |
Douglas |
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Type of Ship |
dry cargo ship |
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Completion |
2001 |
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Shipyard |
Tille Scheepsbouw Kootstertille B.V., Kootstertille, Netherlands |
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Building No. |
336 |
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GT |
2.601 |
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DWT [t] |
3.360 |
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Overall Length [m] |
91,25 |
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Registered Breadth [m] |
13,75 |
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Maximum Draught [m] |
5,21 |
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Propulsion [KW] |
1.710 |
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Propulsion [BHP] |
2.325 |
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Speed [Kn] |
13,0 |
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Capacity Containers [TEU] |
142 |
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Capacity Grain [m3] |
5.168 |
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Additional Information |
4th ship of a series of identically constructed dry cargo ships of type "Tille Trader 3300" (7 vessels), also see >Fri River< - IMO 9224104, >Flinterhunze<, >Fri Sea<, >Scot Mariner<, (>Scot Isles< - IMO 9243930, >Scot Bay<) and >Scot Venture< - according to Equasis.org: total loss (status of October 24th 2023) - on October 24th 2023 at 5 a.m., approximately 12 nautical miles southwest of the island of Helgoland and 17 nautical miles northeast of the island of Langeoog in the German Bight, the bulk carrier >Polesie< (IMO 9488097, also see there), en route from Hamburg to A Coruña, Spain with 22 people on board, was in collision with the >Verity< with 7 people on board, en route from Bremen to Immingham, UK. The >Verity< sank as a result of the collision. Numerous ships as well as divers were involved in the search for crew members, but only 2 crew members could be rescued alive. The plan is to salvage the ship until the end of the year. |
