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SHIP'S HISTORY
Ordered - October 1979
Keel laid - May 1980
Launched - December 1980
Delivered - December 1981
Build price -
(a) Astor - East Germany (1985)
(b) Arkona - Germany (1997)
(c) Arkona - Liberia (2/2002)
(d) Astoria - Liberia
As of April 2003 Astoria was still in service
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PARTICULARS
Ship type - Passenger ship
Gross tonnage - 18,591
Net tonnage - 6,719
Deadweight tonnage - 3,245
L.O.A. - 164.35 meters
L.B.P. - 140.01 meters
Width overall - 22.89 meters
Width moulded - 22.61 meters
Draught - 6.101 meters
Depth - 16.06 meters
Number of cabins - 304
Number of passengers - 560
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CONSTRUCTION
Builder - Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG
Country - Hamburg, Germany
Hull number - 165
Engine builder - Maschinenbau Augsburg-Nuernberg (MAN)
Country - Augsburg, Germany
Number of engines - 4
Engines - MAN 6L40/45 6-cyl diesels
Fuel - Heavy fuel oil & diesel oil
Horsepower - 13,198 bhp (9,708 kW)
Speed - 18 knots
Propeller - 2 variable pitch
Bow thuster - 1 ?hp
Steering gear - Standard rudders
Ice strengthened to Lloyd's 100A1
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -
This section is open for all viewers to contribute any information about this ship that is known such as
former owners, managers, charterers, accidents, conversions, drydockings, cargoes, voyages, sightings or ports of call etc..
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Information sources - Fairplay Internet Ship Register, Lloyds Registers &
Marine News - The World Ship Society
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