MV Harambee
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Owner |
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Ordered | 1952 |
Builder | Lübecker Flenderwerke AG, Lübeck |
Yard number | 435 |
Launched | 27 August 1953 |
Completed | 21 October 1953 |
Identification | IMO 5039599 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1980 |
General characteristics | |
Type | General cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 482 ft (147 m) LOA |
Beam | 59 ft 9 in (18.21 m) |
Draught | 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
Endurance | 678 tons of oil |
Capacity |
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Complement |
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MV Harambee was a German-built
Construction and early career
Harambee was initially planned as the Reg IV, ordered from
She was bought while still under construction by Rudolf A. Oetker, Hamburg and completed for the company under the name Belgrano. She was launched on 27 August 1953 and delivered to the company on 21 October that year. With a tonnage of 6,169 GT, 3,776 NT she was 482 ft (147 m) long overall
Belgrano spent most of her career sailing for Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft (Hamburg-Süd) between Hamburg and South American ports, but was also used for tramping services. She was renamed Santa Barbara in September 1965.[2][3][4]
African career and disposal
On 8 December 1966 was sold by Hamburg-Süd to the Eastern Africa National Shipping Line Ltd. (Southern Line Ltd, managers), based in
References
- ^ "Eastern Africa National Shipping Line". Björn Larsson. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ hsdg-sammlung.de. "Belgrano (IV)". Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ISBN 978-0905617503.
- ^ Abert, Hans-Jürgen (2000). Die Deutsche Handelsmarine 1870–2000: Die Lebensläufe der Dampf- und Motorschiffe über 100 BRT. Eigenverlag, Ratzeburg.
- ISBN 0-85259-169-1.