Baltic Ace 03
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Name

BALTIC ACE

Type

Vehicles vessel

IMO-number

9386213

Call sign

C6WE8

Flag

Bahamas

Port of registry

Nassau

GT

23.498 t

DWT

7.787 t

NT

7.050 t

Length

147,93 m overall

134,00 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

25,03 m over all

Draught

Summer: 7,90 m

Depth

19,00 m

Speed

18,9 knots

Built

2007

Keel laid

26.02.2007

Launch date

03.06.2007

Date of completion

11.07.2007

Builder

Stocznia Gdynia Group
ul. Czechoslowacka 3
Gdynia
Poland

Yard number

B8245/5

Hull material

Steel

Hull type

Single hull

Main engine

1x Man B&W 7S46MC-C - 9.170 kW

Boilers

1x Auxiliary boiler exhaust gas smoke tube EB053LB

Builder: Aalborg Industries, Aalborg - Denmark

1x Auxiliary boiler horizontal shell MH02R02

Builder: Kang Rim

Generators

3x Daihatsu 8DK-20 main diesel generatorsets

Builder: Daihatsu Diesel Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Emergency generator

1x 645 DSBA(E)G diesel generatorset

Builder: Agco Sisu Power Inc.

Car capacity

2.132

Anchor chain

Length: 577,50 m

Diameter: 60,00 mm

Crew

20

Manager

Stamco Ship Management Company Ltd.
21 Akti Miaouli Street
185 35 Piraeus
Greece

Operator

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

Owner

Baltic Highway Limited
Douglas
Isle of Man
United Kingdom

Remarks

05/12/12 Wednesday Night

The car carrier BALTIC ACE comes in collision with the CORVUS J containership in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. The BALTIC ACE almost immediately sank to the bottom of the sea.

After the collision the CORVUS J could continue his way to Antwerpen with great damage