MV Fonnland
Ex Aura, Lyme Bay, Jens
© Manuel Hernández Lafuente (Sagunto Port, 16/06/2014)
Steel screw motor vessel built in 1993 by Ganz Danubius Shipyard And Machine Factory Plc. Budapest. Hungary (Yard No 2539) as a General cargo ship – Strengthened for heavy cargo – Self-discharger
Technical Data
- Length:84 m (overall) 80.50 m (between perpendiculars)
Breadth: 12.80m
Depth: 6.90 m
Draught: 5.44 m (Max)
Tonnage: 2416 gross/1358 net/3601t deadweight (Summer)
Engines: 1x Alpha Diesel 6L28/32A – 6 cylinder diesel
Power: 1470 kW/HP
Speed: 12.0 knots
Capacity: Grain: 4.780 m³/ Bale: 4.530 m³ - Cargo Gear: 1 x Excavator Caterpillar 345 Discharging rate abt 350 t/hour
Call Sign: P3AJ8
MMSI Number: 209950000 - IMO Number: 9041306
Port of Registry: Limassol/Cyprus 🇨🇾
History
October 21st 1991: Keel laid.
July 3rd 1993: Launched as JENS. Registered Owner; B Meyering
January 7th 1993: Completed.
March 1993: Renamed LYME BAY. Registered Owner; B Meyering
March 1998: Renamed AURA. Registered Owner; B Meyering
© Aleksi Lindström (Kiel Canal, 13/07/2003)
© Henk Guddee (Terneuzen, 11/05/2005)
© Wil Weijsters (New Waterway. 08/09/2005)
May 2007: Renamed FONNLAND. Registered Owner; Mikkal Myklebusthaug Reederi AS. Manager; Myklebusthaug Management AS, Fonnes 50, N-5953 Fonnes. Norway.
© Jens Smit (Port of Emden, 01/10/2009)
© Manuel Hernández Lafuente (Sagunto Port, 16/06/2014)
May 25th 2021: Due at Dover.
🆕© John Pegden (Dover, 25/05/2021)
© Dover Strait Shipping
December 20th 2022: Provisionally due at Dover.
All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Dover Strait Shipping, Henk Guddee, Manuel Hernández Lafuente, Aleksi Lindström, John Pegden, Jens Smit and Wil Weijsters for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
