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DOULOS - IMO 5119105
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At Banjul, The Gambia 02-Feb-03. The world's oldest active oceangoing passenger ship. Now operated as a floating book fair.
IMO: 511910
Built: 1914 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for the Mallory Steamship Company (USA).
Flag: Malta
LOA / Beam: 130.35m / 16.60m
Previous names:
MEDINA - The name of a river in Texas, USA. (The NECHES her sister ship, was also given the name of a river.)
ROMA - This name was selected because the ship carried pilgrims to Rome in 1950, the Roman Catholic Holy Year.
FRANCA C - Like all the ships of the Costa fleet, she was named after a member of the Costa family.
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In fact I took the pic from the bridge-wing of a reefer ship that we were discharging. At the time I was running my own shipping agency and stevedoring company in Banjul.
During the time she was in Banjul I visited her many times and she is certainly a most remarkable ship.
Cheers,
Paul
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Rgds,
Willem
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