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SHIP'S HISTORY
  Ordered - 1972
  Keel laid -
  Launched -
  Delivered - June 1973
  Newbuild price -
  (a) Argo - Japan (1980)
  (b) Ferry Kogane Maru - Japan (1984)
  (c) Pegasus - Greece (1989)
  (d) Rodos - Greece
  As of February 2005 Rodos was
still in active service
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PARTICULARS
  Ship type - Passenger/Ferry/Roro cargo ship
  Gross tonnage - 10,298
  Net tonnage - 5,155
  Deadweight tonnage - 2,825
  L.O.A. - 131.98 meters ( 433' 0" )
  Bulbous bow - included in L.O.A.
  L.B.P. - 118.01 meters ( 387' 2" )
  Width overall - 22.71 meters ( 74' 6" )
  Width moulded - 22.69 meters ( 74' 5.5" )
  Draught - 5.512 meters ( 18' 1" )
  Depth - 12.81meters ( 42' 0" )
  Passenger cabins - 165
  Number of berths - 528
  Bow door & ramp - ramp dimensions unknown
  Stern doors & ramp - ramp dimensions unknown
  Maximum vehicle height - 4.1 meters
  Maximum vehicle width - 4.5 meters
  Total car storage - 500 meters
  Total car capacity - 400
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CONSTRUCTION
  Builder Nipponkai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
  Country - Toyama, Japan
  Hull number - 164
  Engine builder - Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries
  Country - Aioi, Japan
  Number of engines - 2 diesel engines
  Engine type - Pielstick (model 16PC2-5V-400) 16-cylinder
  Horsepower - 16,000 hp or 11,769 kW
  Maximum RPM - unknown
  Fuel - Diesel oil & intermediate fuel oil
  Diesel oil capacity - 34.0 tonnes
  Intermediate fuel oil capacity - 215.0 tonnes
  Rate of consumption - 52.5 tonnes/day
  Fuel tank heating coils - none
  Speed - 19.5 knots
  Propeller - 2 fixed pitch
  Bow thuster - none
  Steering gear - standard rudders
  Generators - 3 x 640kW 440V 60Hz a.c.
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Information sources - Fairplay Internet Ship Register, Lloyds Registers & Marine News - The World Ship Society
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