MS Lygra

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History
Name:Lygra
Owner:
  • Artic Shipping & Finance
  • Førde, Norway
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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References

  1. "Lygra (7704629)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 27 December 2018.