Category:Haringvliet (ship, 1932)
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Ship
[edit]- Built by: Harland & Wolff, Glasgow
- Yard number: 918
- Launched: 22 march 1932
- Completed: 12 may 1932
- Length: 46.02 m, after reconstruction 48.08 m
- Beam: 14.66 m, after reconstruction 15.04 m
- Draught: 3.00 m
- Tonnages 607 brt, 226 nrt
- Displacement: 435 t (1956) / 373 t (1974)
- Engine: 2x triple-expansion steam (D. & W. Henderson, Glasgow) Later: 2x 6-cylinder Deutz SBV 6VM 536 diesel, 1050 hp
- Speed: 10 kn, later 11 kn
History
[edit]- 1932 Named: ROYAL IRIS II for the city of Wallasey. Flag: United Kingdom
- 1956 Reconstructed at Werf Verschure, Amsterdam
- 1947 Renamed: ROYAL IRIS
- 1950 Renamed: ST. HILARY
- 1956 Sold for scrap to Stolks Handelsonderneming, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht.
- 1956 Bought by provincie Zuid-Holland, charter for the Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij. Renamed: HARINGVLIET Flag: Netherlands
- 1956 Reconstructed at Werf Verschure in Amsterdam for circa 50 cars. Two new dieselmotors.
- 1957 In service as ferry for Middelharnis - Hellevoetsluis.
- 1971.08.14 Last trip for route Middelharnis - Hellevoetsluis vaart. Out of service in Zijpe and for sale.
- 1971.10.21 Sold to Terschellinger Stoomboot Maatschappij (Rederij Doeksen), Terschelling. Renamed: SCHELLINGERLAND II.
- 1971.12.22 Arrived at West-Terschelling.
- 1972.01.04 In service on the Terschelling - Harlingen service, providing much-needed capacity for the transportation of cars, trucks and everything else on wheels.
- 1974.02 New deck saloon built at Oranjewerf shipyard in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 1974.04 Renamed SCHELLINGERLAND after the old Schellingerland (ex-Dokter Wagemaker) has been disposed of.
- 1980 Withdrawn from service and put up for sale.
- 1981.04 Sold to Gidenay Navigation Co. Ltd., Kyrenia, (Turkish part of) Cyprus. Renamed GIRNE, registered in Panama.
- 1981.06.06 Arrived at Kyrenia.
- 1982.11.04 Seized by creditors at Famagusta, (Turkish part of) Cyprus.
- 1983.06.05 Jumped arrest.
- 1983.07.12 Reported in lay-up in Southern France at La Seyne (near Toulon).
- 1992.08.03 Discovered at Port Leucate in Southern France, where she may have been laying idle for years (as reported in Marine News).
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