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ASTOR - IMO 8506373
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MS Astor Cruise Ship at Cruise Terminal 3 (CT3), Admiralty Pier, Western Docks, Dover Harbour, Kent, UK.
The photo was taken at 4.01 pm on Wednesday, 11th of August 2010, from near the lighthouse end of the Prince of Wales Pier.
The Astor arrived from Scarborough (UK) and left later in the day at about 11.00 pm for Den Helder (Netherlands, Holland).
The lighthouse, currently undergoing maintainance, is the Admiralty Pier Light.
Ships details (2):
Name: 1987 - 1988: Astor, 1988 - 1995: Feodor Dostoevskiy, 1995 onwards: Astor
Namesake: Fyodor Dostoevsky (2nd name)
Owner: 1987 - 1988: Marlan Corporation, 1988 - 1991: Black Sea Shipping Company, 1991 - 1996: Fedor Dostoevskiy Shipping Co., 1996 - ????: Astor Shipping Co., ???? onwards: Premicon
Operator: 1987-1988: Marlan Corporation
1988 - 1990: Transocean Tours
1990 - 1995: Neckermann Seereisen
1995 - 1996: Aquamarin
1996 onwards: Transocean Tours
Port of registry: 1987-1988: Port Louis, Mauritius; 1988 - 1991: Odessa, Soviet Union; 1991 onwards: Nassau Bahamas
Ordered: 1985
Builder: HDW Kiel, West Germany
Cost: 65 million dollars
Yard number: 218
Launched: 30 May 1986
Acquired: 14 January 1987
Maiden voyage: 14 January 1987
In service: 14 January 1987
Status: In service
Type: cruise ship
Tonnage: 20,606 GRT
Length: 176.26 m (578 ft 3 in)
Beam: 22.21 m (72 ft 10 in)
Draught: 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)
Decks: 7 (passenger accessible)
Installed power: 4 × Sulzer-Wärtsilä diesels combined 15,400 kW
Propulsion: Two propellers
Speed: 18 knots (33.34 km/h; 20.71 mph)
Capacity: 650 passengers, 3,780 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
Crew: 300
Call Sign: C6JR3
IMO: 8506373
MMSI: 308214000
More info on the original MS Astor Cruise Ship at CT3, Admiralty Pier, Western Docks, Dover Harbour webpage.
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Former name(s):
- Fedor Dostoevskiy (Until 1995 Nov 27)
- Astor (Until 1988 Oct)
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