MV Royal Klipper
ex Equator Strait
Royal Klipper – © Netty
Steel single screw motor vessel “Seatrade Maxi Stream 2000” built in 2000 by Kitanihon Shipbuilding, Hachinohe, Japan (Yard No 320) as a Refrigerated Cargo Vessel
Technical Data
- Length: 155 m (overall) 145.09 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 24 m
- Depth: 13.81 m
- Draught: 10.11 m
- Tonnage: 11382 gross/6408 net/12900t deadweight
- Engines: Hitachi B & W Diesel
- Power: 12621 kW17148/ HP
- Speed: 22.53 knots
- Capacity: 4 x holds, 580,000 Cu Ft
- Call Sign: PCIH, D5VQ5
- IMO Number: 9172959
- MMSI Number: 636019681
- Register Number: 00790L
- Port of Registry: Scheveningen/The Netherlands, Monrovia/Liberia
- Sister-Ship: Comoros Stream
Location Data
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History
February 4th 2000: Completed as EQUATOR STREAM.
2000: Sold and renamed ROYAL KLIPPER. Owners: Jaczon Royal Klipper BV c/o Seatrade Groningen BV, Groningen, Netherlands.Ship Managers: Seatrade Groningen BV, Groningen, Netherlands
Royal Klipper – © Aleksi Lindström
2018: Chartered to Geest Line
November 24th 2018: Arrived at Dover sporting new livery.
Royal Klipper – Courtesy of Nigel Scutt (Dover Strait Shipping)
April 10th 2021: Called at Dover
🆕Royal Klipper – Courtesy of Nigel Scutt (Dover Strait Shipping)(Dover, 11/04/2021)
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: Aleksi Lindström, Netty and Nigel Scutt (Dover Strait Shipping) for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
