Erisort
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Sister of the ship "Eriskay I"
| Erisort | |
|---|---|
| ID No. 6912566 | |
| |
| Erisort off Venice 1976 | |
| Type | Bulk Carrier |
| Gross Registered Tonnage | 12,340 tons. 6,615 n. |
| Builder | Scott Lithgow group. Greenock. |
| Delivery date | 1969 |
| Hull | Steel. Carvel construction. |
| Decks | 1. |
| Length | 490 ft. F'c'sle 41 ft. poop 95 ft. |
| Width | 71.25 ft. |
| Depth | 30.38 ft, |
| Engine Supplier | George Clark, Wallsend. |
| Engine Type | Clark-Sulzer, 2 stroke, single acting. |
| Engine cylinders | 7, 680 mm. dia. |
| Engine stroke | 1250 mm. |
| Engine Power | 7,724 bhp., service. |
| Engine RPM | 145 |
| Propulsion mode | Single screw. |
| Speed | 14.7 knots |
| Deadweight | 19,478. tons. |
| Bale capacity | 815,320 cu.ft. |
| Block coefficient (Cb) | 0.798 |
| Power | Diesel. |
| Aspiration | Turbo charged. |
| Boiler | Composite, exhaust gas/fuel oil. |
| Fuel | Diesel/fuel oil. |
| Propeller | Right hand, 16.076 ft.dia. mean pitch 10.97 ft. |
| Propeller blades | 4/ |
| Propeller formation | Solid, variable pitch. |
| Propeller material | Manganese bronze. |
| Keel laid | June 19th.1968. |
| Launched | Mar 24th. 1969. |
| Launched by | Lady Patricia Hogan,( wife of the Chief Justice, Hong Kong.) |
| Original owner | Newdigate Shipping Co. London.(World Wide Shipping) |
| Delivered to owner | June 26th. 1969. |
Contents
History
* Built in 1969 as "World President" for Newdigate Shipping Co. as managers part of the Worldwide Group. Chartered to John Swire & Sons.
7th July 1972. Bought by John Swire & Sons Ltd., renamed "Erisort".
1976. Transferred to CNCo.
November 1977. Sold to Tolani Shiping Co., Bombay and renamed "Prabhu Satram".
1993. Sold to the Model Navigation Ltd., St.Vincent & Grenadines. Reanamed Renamed "Pearl 3".
August 5th. 1994. Arrived at Alang for demolition by Trilokchand Family Trust.
September 15th. 1994. Demolition commenced.
