History | |
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Name: | Lygra |
Owner: |
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Port of registry: | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Route: | Florida - Caribbean - Congo |
Builder: | Glommen Mekaniske Verksteder AS, Norway |
Yard number: | 194 |
Launched: | 3 October 1978 |
Identification: | IMO number: 7704629 |
Fate: | Scrapped 2018 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage: | 7,012 tons |
Length: | 113 m (371 ft) |
Beam: | 19 m (62 ft) |
Draught: | 4.6 m (15 ft) |
Speed: | 11.7 knots (21.7 km/h; 13.5 mph) |
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