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Black and White Photograph in album of cargo ship 'Bolt'
BOLT
Black and White Photograph in album of cargo ship 'Bolt'
Black and White Photograph in album of cargo ship 'Bolt'

BOLT

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date25 August 1950
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 244'2" x breadth 38'2" x depth 13'
gross tonnage: 1029 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002511
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 818
Subsequent Name: DARPO DUA (1968)

Fate: Caught fire and sank at Tanjung Priok, 25 May 1981. Subsequently raised and taken to Jakarta, sold for scrap and broken up.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Cargo vessel, 1 deck and shelter deck, machinery aft, cruiser stern.

Owner:
1949: A/S Ganger Rolf, Oslo. Manager: Fred Olsen & Co.
1968: Skibs A/S Karlander, Oslo.
1968: Gibbons & Co., Singapore.

Notes:
Sister ship to BORRE.
Naming ceremony by Mrs Ralph Salvesen.
Electrically driven auxiliaries. Wheelhouse built of aluminium.
Lifesize figurehead in cast bronze. (this is a feature of all the Fred Olsen fleet).
Photos in the Jounal: "Guests attending the launch"; "moving down the ways".
(Hall Russell Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 83)

8 cylinder 340 x 570 mm, 1310 bhp British Polar engines.

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