MV Gulf I
Ex Horngulf, Pointe Madame
© Gordon Wise (Dover)
Steel single screw “Pointe Sans Souci (Super Pointes 1973)” Class motor vessel built in 1973 by Chantiers Dubigéon SA (Yard No 135) as a RoRo Cargo Ship.
Technical Data
- • Length: 155.35 m (overall) 144.0 m (between perpendiculars)
• Breadth: 21.6 m
• Depth: 9.10 m
• Draught: 8.192 m
• Tonnage: 6561 gross/3500 net/8500 t deadweight
• Engines: 2 Vee Oil 4SA Pielstick diesel
• Power: 13428 kW/18000 bHP
• Speed: 20 knots
• Capacity: G 4115 – Ins 1084 cubic meters/144 x 20-foot containers, rear door giving access to a garage for 100 cars.
• Call Sign: FNKJ, J8IE5
• IMO Number: 7310959
• Port of Registry: Le Havre/France , Monrovia/Liberia , Kingstown/Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Sister-Ship: Pointe Sans Souci (134 ), Pointe La Rose (136)
History
First of the second series of three multi-purpose polythermal cargo ships which constituted an improvement of the first series of type “Pointe Allégre”.
April 4th 1973: Launched and violently struck the quayside.
October 8th 1973: Completed as POINTE MADAME for Owner and manager: Compagnie Générale Maritime France.
October 30th 1973: First departure from Le Havre for the West Indies, four days late following turbo-fan damage.
September 28th 1978: Assisted the English coaster DOLLY and towed it to Basse Terre.
© John Jones (Sheerness, 12/06/982)
December 1986: HORNGULF transferred to Pluto Shipping Corp. (Liberia), subsidiary of Horn Linie of the CGM Group.
© Brian Fisher (River Scheldt, May 1985)
© Brian Fisher (River Scheldt. April 1988) (Left) (Muhlenburg, May 1990)
© Frank Foerst (Hamburg, 16/07/1989)(Left) (Hamburg, 05/05/1990)(Right)
August 1993: GULF I for Schiffahrtskontor Horn-Linie OHG.
© Gerolf Drebes (Hamburg, 15/08/1993) (Left) © Frank Foerst (Hamburg, 25/08/1993) (Right)
1993: Scrapped at Alang.
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: Brian Fisher, Gerolf Drebes, Frank Foerst, John jones and Gordon Wise for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
