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BOLT
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(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
gross tonnage: 1029 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002511
Keywords
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.
1810
