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Harambee

Post by shipstamps » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:23 pm


The steamer Harambee was built in 1953 at Lubeck by Lubecker Flender Werke for Rudolph A. Oetker of Hamburg, as the Belgrano; in 1967 she became the Santa Barbara and was renamed Harambee when acquired by her present owners, the Southern Line Ltd., of Mombasa, She is a cargo vessel of 6,169 gross tonnage, net 3,776, and deadweight 10,178. Dimensions are: length (o.a.) 482 ft., beam 59ft. 9 ins., draft 25 ft. 2 ins, She has a 6-cylinder M.A.N. oil engine developing 4,000 b.h.p., and giving a speed of 13 knots. Cargo space is 596 cub. grain, 533,181 cub. ft., bale. She has bunkers for 678 tons of oil.
SG257 Sea Breezes 4/69

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Re: Harambee

Post by aukepalmhof » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:30 pm

Built as a cargo vessel under yard No 435 by the Lübecker Flenderwerke A.G. at Lübeck, Germany for the Rohstoff Einfuhr Gesellschaft intended name REG IV, but already bought on the stocks by Rudolf A. Oetker (Hamburg Sud) at Hamburg.
27 August 1953 launched under the name BELGRANO (IV)
Tonnage 6,112 gross, 3,591 net, 10,240 dwt. Dim. 146.9 x 18.27 x 7.68m. (draught)
Powered by one 6-cyl 2S.C. SA engine, manufactured by Masch Augsburg-Nurnberg (M.A.N.) at Augsburg, 3,680 shp, speed 13 knots.
Accommodation for 8 passengers, crew 33.
21 October 1952 delivered.

After delivery mostly used in the service of the Hamburg Sud between Hamburg and South America ports in the Columbus Line, but she was also used for tramping.
September 1965 renamed in SANTA BARBARA.
08 December 1966 Sold to the Eastern Africa National Shipping Line Ltd. (Southern Line Ltd. managers), Mombasa, renamed HARAMBEE, and put under English flag.
August 1979 sold to Silverstar Corporation, Panama and renamed ARAMBEE.
Made only one voyage for this company from Gdynia to Fushiki, then she sailed to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where she arrived on 03 February 1980.
20 February 1980 demolition commenced by Yih Shen Steel Enterprise Co. Ltd.

Inscription on the stamp SS is wrong she was a diesel vessel (MV)

Source: The Hamburg South America Line by James Cooper, Arnold Kludas and Joachim Pein.
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