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Name

COPERNICUS

Previous names

1978 - 2000 Arklow Manor

2001 Copernicus

Type

Chemical tanker

IMO-number

8713809

Call sign

ELYM8

Flag

Liberia

Previous flag

2001 Ireland

Port of registry

Monrovia

GT

1.525 t

DWT

2.181 t

NT

458 t

Number of 20ft containers

31

Length

73,85 m overall

70,21 m between perpendiculars

70,38 m registered

Breadth

11,50 m moulded

Draught

Summer: 4,373 m

Forecastle

11,60 m

Poop

14,40 m

Freeboard

1.035 mm

Depth

5,40 m moulded

Speed

10,0 knots

Built

1987 built as a general cargo ship

Keel laid

05/11/1987

Launch date

21/11/1987

Date of completion

12/1987

Builder

Schiffswerft Hugo Peters Wewelsfleth Peters & Co. GmbH / Wewelsfleth

25599 Wewelsfleth

Federal Republic of Germany

Yard number

634

Hull material

Shipbuilding steel (standard)

Hull type

Double hull

Partly double bottom (E.G. Interrupted in way of machinery space)

Watertight bulkheads

3

Continuous decks

1

Main engine

1x MAK 6M332 - 4 stroke single acting 6 cylinder 240 x 330 mm combustion engine 749 kW

Built: 1987

Builder: Krupp MAK Maschinenbau Kiel - Germany

Number of screws

1x Solid propeller - aft

Boiler

1x Steam boiler, oil fired - 10,0 bar

Heating Surface: 20,0 m²

Year of Manufacture: 2000

Manufacturer: Clayton of Belgium N.V.

Electric installations

1x 400/220 V

Generators

3x Diesel generatorsets each 54 kVA

Compressed air receivers

2x Receivers each 125 litres - 30,0 bar

1x Receiver 30 litres - 30,0 bar

Bow thruster

1x Snijder Hasselt - 184 kW forward

Cargo capacity

Bale: 2.853 m³

Grain: 2.888 m³

Tank capacities

Bunker: 1.100 m³

Bunker: 78 t

Cargo tanks

6

Largest cargo tank

205 m³

Anchor equipment

3x Anchors weight each 1.290 kg

Chain length: 385,00 m

Manager

Seatrans

Wernersholmvei 5, Hop

5232 Bergen

Norway

Owner

G Trans Shipping Ltd.

c/o Erria A/S

Amager Strandvej 390, 2nd Floor

2770 Kastrup

Kingdom of Denmark

Owner as completed

Arklow Sg (Overseas) Ltd.

Remarks

Ship converted 05/2001 to chemical tanker

Special annotations

Wheelhouse hydraulic lowering

Scrapped

10/2020 Grenaa Scrapyard - Denmark

Latest data adjustment

28 January 2021