BUFFALO (CONVERSION)
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1988
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 196 5/6' x breadth 34 3/12' x depth 20 3/12'
Gross Tonnage: 921 ton
Gross Tonnage: 921 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001698
Keywords
Yard Number: 999
IMO Number: 7361582
Subsequent Names: EUROPEAN LEADER (1998); STENA LEADER (25/04/2004); ANNA MARINE (06/2011).
Fate: Scrapped in Turkey, 2014.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Ro-Ro Ferry, 2 decks, stern door amd ramp.
Owners:
1979: Hain Norse Ltd. (for P&O)
1989: POETS Fleet Management (for P&O)
25/04/2004: Stena Line.
05/2011: Stena Tulip Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda, then to unknown Russian company.
General History:
Used as an Irish Sea ferry between Fleetwood and Larne
04/07/1998 Lengthened, additional passenger capacity, A&P Appledore, Falmouth.
24 /12/2010: withdrawn from service.
Notes: 1976 built by J.J. Sietas GMBH, Hamburg (Yard No. 756) for Stena Line, but sold on the stocks to P&O. Launched 6 January 1975, commissioned 26 March 1975. Rebuilt, lengthened in 1988 by Hall Russell.
Engine 12 cylinder 370x400, 12,000 bhp, Kloekner Humboldt Deutz
