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ABDULHAMID. Submarine. Turkish Type 1200. 980tn surf. 1185 sub. L183'7". B20'3”.D17’9". Diesel elec. 10kn surf. 22kn sub. Arm Eight 21in TT. Compl 33. 50 days range. First of three of this class built at Kiel. Remaining three built at Slocuk,Turkey. Planned to have 12 of this class. Two of the Turkish built Subs are VILDITAY and TITITRAY.
Ship Stamp Encyclopaedia. Courtesy of T. Broadley.
Turkey 1986 SG2929 (LB17/125)
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M.V. LEON THEVENIN She is a cableship, built for Cie. Francaise des Cables Sousmarins at Toulon (France) by Soc. Nouvelle des At. &
Ch. du Havre at Le Havre (France) in 1983. Her tonnage (OSD/CSD) is gross 3988/4844, net 979/1264 and Dwt. 2800/3170. Her dimensions are 107.83m x 17.81m
x 5.90/6.27m (draught) x 9.02m (depth). She has three 8 cylinder diesels (5180 bhp) driving 3 generators (each 1200 Kw a.c.) connected to 2 electro motors (each of 1930 shp). Her speed is 15 knots. She has 1 Thwart controllable thrust propeller forward and 1 aft.
Log Book April 1985.
Djibouti 1984 min. sheet 250f SG905ms
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M.v. ATLANTIC STAR
She is a coaster, built as yard number 336 by Nieuwe Noord yards Ltd.) at Groningen (The Netherlands) for Oost Atlantic Lijn at Rotterdam as ATLANTIC STAR in 1964 . In 1973 she
was renamed ALBAN and probably sold to new owners.
In 1975 she was sold again to Tropical Shipping Co. at Panama and renamed DABEMA. Her tonnage is gross 499, net 284 and Dwt 991. Her dimensions are: 69.67m x 10.44 x 3.715 (draught) x 3.76m (depth). She-is a general cargo ship and
an OSD-ship. She has a 8 cyl. KHD diesel of 1200 bhp. Her speed is 12 knots.
Log Book April 1985
Dominica SG890
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LADY CATHERINE. Frigate 14 guns built circa 1775 for American Colonists, Virg. With Schooner CHARLESOWN AND SAVANNAH PACQUET of South Carolina carried out raid on gunpowder store at St Georges, Bermuda on night of 14 Aug 1775. 100 kegs of powder were removed from munitions shed in the grounds of Governor Brueres estate and smuggled aboard LADY CATHERINE. Outsailing local Customs boat she proceeded to Philadelphia where powder was sold to Pennsylvania Comm. of Safety -
Ship Stamp Encyclopaedia. Courtesy of T. Broadley.
Bermuda 1975. 20c. SG337
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Built as a training vessel under yard No 6917 by Damen Oranje Shipyard in Amsterdam for the Brazilian Navy.
09 November 1998 keel laid down.
04 August 1999 launched as the CISNE BRANCO (meaning White Swan), she is the third vessel in the Brazilian Navy to carry this name. One sister the Dutch clipper STAD AMSTERDAM.
Tonnage 1,083 ton gross, displacement 698 tons. Dim. 76.00 x 10.50 x 6.45m., length bpp 55.60m, draught 4.80m.
Full rigged 3 mast ship, sail area 2,192 m².
Auxiliary engine, one Caterpillar diesel, 746 kW. maximum speed by engine 11 knots.
Crew 22, and 58 trainees.
04 February 2000 delivered to the Brazilian Navy.
09 March 2000 commissioned.
She is a clipper in the style of the nineteenth century.
Her maiden voyage across the Atlantic to Brazil, celebrating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese Pedro Alvares Cabral who reached the east coast of Brazil on 22 April 1500.
Normally she is used for training of Brazilian navy and merchant marine cadets and to show the Brazilian flag national and international in ports around the world.
She participated regular in Tall Ships Regatta’s
2010 In service.
Argentine 2010 label on M.S.
Ecuador 2010 USD$0.75 sg?, scott?
Source: wikipedia. Great Sailing Ships of the World by Otmar Schãuffelen.
