MV Gunesli
Ex Rike Ipekyolu, S.V. Duge, Maersk Friesland, Duke of Holland (II)
© Pieter Melissen
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1981 by Scheepswerf & Machinefabriek Amels B.V., Makkum, Friesland, Netherlands (Yard No 375) as a Passenger/Ro-Ro Ship (vehicles).
Technical Data
- Length: 79.43 m (overall) 74.02 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 17.66 m
- Depth: 10.83 m
- Draught: 4.40 m (Max)
- Tonnage: 1596 gross/657.0 net/2022 t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x Oil, 4-stroke single acting Deutz SBV6M450 diesels
- Power: 2935 kW/4800 bHP
- Speed: 14.5 knots
- Capacity: 36 passengers/53 trailers/693 lane metres
- Call Sign: PDTM, PFSN, J8IK7, TCCR4
- IMO Number: 8012592
- Official Number: 16533 Z ROTT 1981
- Port of Registry: Scheveningen /The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Kingstown / St. Vincent and Grenadines 🇻🇨, Istanbul / Turkey 🇹🇷
History
January 12th 1981: Keel struck.
August 28th 1981: Launched.
September 24th 1981: Dredging of the Channel between Makkum – Ilsselmeer took place in order that the vessel could be delivered.
October 2nd 1981: Delivered to Norfolk Line B.V. Scheveningen, Holland.
Edmund Ziegler Collection
October 3rd 1981: Norfolk Line services Scheveningen – Norfolk.
© Michael Neidig (Port of Scheveningen, 30/07/1982)
© Robert J Smith (Great Yarmouth, 12/08/1983)
© Simonwp (Great Yarmouth, July 1984) (Left) 🆕 © Fotoflite (Right)
March 1st 1985: Registered Owner: Norfolk Scheepvaartmaatschappii B.V..
© Simonwp (Great Yarmouth, July 1987)(Left) 🆕 © Fotoflite (Right)
© Simonwp ( Approaching Great Yarmouth, August 1989)
1990: Sold to Maersk A/S, Denmark and renamed MAERSK FRIESLAND.
© Simonwp (Great Yarmouth, 01/03/1990) (Left) 🆕 © Fotoflite (Right)
© Patrick Hill (Great Yarmouth, 19/08/1990) (Left) © Bert Knorr (Right)
February 1992 – April 1992: Chartered to British Channel Island Ferries for services Poole – Channel Islands.
June 1992 – August 1992: Chartered to EstLine for services Tallinn – Stockholm.
© Pieter Inpyn (Stockholm, June 1992)
March 22nd 1993 – March 31st 1993: Chartered to North Sea Ferries B.V., Rozenburg for service Rotterdam Hulll.
June 1993 – August 1993: Chartered to EstLine, Tallinn, Estland for services Tallinn – Stockholm.
1993: Sold to Adriatic RoRo Ltd, Kingstown, Cayman Island and renamed SV. DUJE.
🆕 © Fotoflite
December 2003: Sold to Rize Ipekyolu Deniz, Turkey and renamed RIZE IPEKYOLU.
© Vladimir Knyaz (Odessa, 13/01/2008)
August 2008: Sold to Tam Denizcilik Liman, Istanbul, Turkey and renamed ERDEMLER 8.
April 2013: Sold to Gunesli Denizcilik Iletisim, Istanbul, Turkey and renamed GÜNEŞLI.
January 31st 2015: Dragged her anchor and grounded on Bandirma Roads in the Marmara Sea. Drifted ashore in Tatlisu.
February 3rd 2015: Re-floated and anchored in Tatlisu Roads,
© David Dixon (Kartal anchorage, Istanbul, 14/06/2015)
February 5th 2017: Arrived Ege GS, Aliaga, Turkey for scrapping.
February 8th 2017: Beached.
Ship Breaking
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