MV Nusa Dumai

Ex Elblag, Miseva, Leon, Leo

© R. Nerlich

Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1972 at Kristiansand’s Mek. Verk. A/S, Kristiansand, Norway (Yard No 218) as a Passenger and RORO car/commercial vehicle ferry.

Technical Data

• Length: 118.45 m (overall) 106.92 m (between perpendiculars)
  Breadth: 16.09 m
  Depth: 12.81 m
  Draught: 6.01 m
  Tonnage: 2311 gross/848 net/4105t deadweight
  Engines: 2 Oil 4SA 9 cylinder Wartsila diesels
  Power: 6714 kW/9000 bHP
  Speed: 19.0 knots (max) 17 knots (service)
  Capacity: 12 passengers, 30 x 12 metre trailers (Main), 15 x 12 metre trailers (Top), 38 cars (Lower), 552 lane metres
  Call Sign: OGYY, SYCK, SORA, J8LE2
  IMO Number: 7211919
• Official Number: 6033
  Port of Registry: Helsinki/Finland 🇫🇮, Piraeus/Greece 🇬🇷, Gdynia/Poland 🇵🇱, St Vincent and Grenadines 🇻🇨
• Sister Ships: Juno (217), Holmia (216)

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History

January 14^th 1972: Launched as LEO.

March 30^th 1972: Delivered to Finska Ångfartygs AB, Helsinki, Finland.

© Pieter Inpijn Collection

June 1972: Services Helsinki – Turku – Lübeck.

October 8^th 1976: Sold to Rollsimar Inc., Piraeus, Greece and renamed LEON.

October 1976: Services Venice – Trieste – Alexandria – Beirut – Latakia.

February 2^nd 1982: Laid up in Igoumenitsa.

May 15^th 1986: Laid up in Piraeus, Greece.

May 1987: Sold to Elmwood Venture Inc, Panama (Godby Shipping Ab Godby) and renamed MISEVA.

© Kenneth Herrgård

© Rickard Sahlsten (Left)  © Simonwp  (Portsmouth, 01/06/1987) (Right)

May 1987: Left Piraeus mot Caen.

May 1987  – June 25^th 1987: Chartered to Brittany Ferries, Morlaix, France for services Caen – Portsmouth.

June 26^th 1987: Chartered to Merchant Ferries for services Heysham – Warrenpoint.

October 27^th 1987: Sold to Polish Ocean Lines, Gdynia, Poland and renamed ELBLAG. 

© Dirk Jankowsky

October 1987: Services Gdynia – Helsinki.

© Gordon Dalzell (Helsinki, 01/08/1988)

December 31^st 1993: Registered to Euroafrica Shipping Lines, Szczecin, Polaland.

May 1995 – August 1995:  Chartered to Eckerö Line for services Tallinn – Helsinki.

© Andreas Sporri (Helsinki, 14/07/1995)

June 12^th 1995: Registered to Balfer Co, Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus.

January 1997:  Registered to Gulf Solar Shipping Co. Ltd., Kingstown, St. Vincent & Grenadines.

February 1997: Sold to P .T. Putera Master Sarana Penyeberangan, Jakarta, Indonesia.

February 27^th 1997: Registered to Nusa Damai Shipping Ltd., Kingstown, St Vincent & Grenadines and renamed NUSA DAMAI.

© Simonwp (Ipswich, 01/02/1998) (Left) © Ton Grootenboer (Right)  

© Michael Neidig (Antwerp, 02/07/1998)

© Simonwp (Rotterdam, September 1998)

© Joerg Seyler (Antwerp, 03/10/1998)

July 13^th 1998: Chartered for a single service Cork – Roscoff carrying equipment for  the Tour De France.

September 26^th 2004: Capsized and sank during loading at Ippi, Indonesia

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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: Gordon Dalzell, Fotoflite, Ton Grootenboer, Kenneth Herrgård,  Pieter Inpijn, Dirk Jankowsky, Michael Neidig, Joerg Seyler, Simonwp, Andreas Sporri and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)