D/S Star of Cairo

Other names
Golden Sea
Call sign
SUBP
Class
LR100A1
Shipping company
Nationality
Egypt flaggEgypt
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1924
Yard number
387
Month of delivery
Mai

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
4.286
Net tonnage:
2.894
Deadweight:
4.579

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
382 NHP
Speed:
9

Dimensions

Length:
387.6'
Beam:
52.0'
Draft:
26.5'
  • Historikk:

    5/1924: Levert til Golden Sea SS Co Ltd (Wylie, Ross & Co), London, GBR, - GOLDEN SEA
    /1930: Golden Sea SS Co Ltd (Howard Tenens Ltd), London, GBR,
    /1935: Golden Sea SS Co Ltd (Douglas & Ramsay), Glasgow, GBR, eksosturbin påmontert hovedmaskinen,
    /1937: Solgt til Alexandria  Nav SAE, Alexandria, Egypt - STAR OF CAIRO
    11.9.1946: På reise Bahia Blanca - Gdynia med hvete, strandet 18 nm nord for Necochea, Argentina, ps 38.30S/58.21W



    2.verdenskrig:
    Maskinist Martin Gulliksen, Haugesund døde ombord den 17.desember 1943


    Maskineri:
    Triple dampmaskin - 3 cylindere diam.26"-38" & 70"-40" & exhaust turbine driving steam Kompressor. Maskineri bygget ved D. Rowan & Co. Ltd. Glasgow, UK



    Sources

    http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/ship.php?ship_id=35260&name=Star%20of%20Cairo

    Miramarshipindex.nz