RMS MULHEIM - Duisburg, Germany (Antigua flag)       Call sign - V2AD1     IMO number - 9177870 Owner - Kg CDL Leasing GmbH & Co., Germany (Rhein-Maas-und See) Location - Photographed while underway in Holland's New Waterway     Photograph Date - 24 July 1999 Photographer - Willem VanMaanen     Added to archive - 21 January 2000     Last updated - 13 May 2003

SHIP'S HISTORY   Ordered - December 1997   Keel laid - February 1998   Launched - May 1999   Delivered - June 1999   (a) Zeus - Antigua (1999)   (b) RMS Mulheim - Germany   Wrecked at Sennen Cove, Corwall, England on 22 March 2003

PARTICULARS   Ship type - Container, general & bulk carrier   Gross tonnage - 1,599   Net tonnage - 780   Deadweight tonnage - 2,500   L.O.A. - 89.74 meters   L.B.P. - 84.94 meters   Width overall - 11.67 meters   Width moulded - 11.65 meters   Draught - 4.45 meters   Depth - 5.80 meters   Number of cargo holds - 1   Number of hatch covers -   Container capacity (deck) - 72 TEU   Container capacity (holds) - 52 TEU   Reefer capacity - 16 TEU   TEU - Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit   Cargo hold volume - 12,850 cubic meters

CONSTRUCTION   Builder - Tulcea Shipyard   Country - , Romania   Hull number - 246   Engine builder -   Country -   Number of engines - 1   Engine type - Deutz SBV8M-628 diesel   Fuel - Diesel oil   Horsepower - 2,039 bhp or 1,499 kW   Speed - 13 knots   Propeller - 1 variable pitch   Bow thuster - 1 (248 hp or 185 kW)   Steering gear - Standard rudder

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.. ** 22 March 2003 RMS Mulheim ran aground on the rocky shores at Sennen Cove, Cornwall, England near Land`s End at around 04:30. Rescue crews were dispatched from Sennen Cove in lifeboats and from Land`s End. Their cliff team responded along with the rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose. The crew were recovered by the helicopter and dropped at the harbour car park, from where they were taken to the lifeboat station. From there they were taken to the Seamans` Mission at Newlyn. ** 24 March 2003 she was determined to be a total loss the removal of pollutants was initiated. RMS Mulheim was carrying 2,000 tons of bulk crushed plastic scrap at the time of her loss. Only a small amount of diesel fuel oil has been detected leaking from the wreck Information sources - Fairplay Internet Ship Register, Lloyds Registers & Marine News - The World Ship Society Additional information - Sylvia Masson - Quebec, Canada, Barry Dixon - England & www.sennen-cove.com - England

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