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Birkholm - IMO 5045055

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Photographer:
raether [ View profile ]
Title:
Birkholm
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Feb 21, 2015
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Photo Svend 5/2-1961 Helsingør - Helsingør ny 300 delivered 16/11-1950 to DFDS - ship on the slipway is "Funchal" ny 353

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Current name:
SWEET DREAM

Former name(s):

 -  Sweet Life (Until 1970)

 -  Sulu Sea (Until 1969)

 -  Birkholm (Until 1968)

Vessel Type:
Passenger/cargo Ship
Gross tonnage:
1,774 tons
Summer DWT:
2,952 tons

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General cargo ships built 1950-1959 (Under 3000gt) - 3 photos

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"BIRKHOLM" - Det Forenede D/S A/S, Randers, Denmark.
Launched:2/6/1950 Completed:16/11/1950.
Builder: Helsingor Vaerft, Helsingor, Denmark.
Propulsion: B&W Type 650-VF-90 diesel -13knts.
Usually sailed between Copenhagen - Antwerp - Levant - Western Mediterranean. Occasional voyages to Madiera, Canary Islands, and also Copenhagen - North and South America.
1964-1967 - sailed on Nordana Line routes.
10/6/1967 - laid up at Copenhagen
1968 - "SULU SEA" - Litton & Co. Inc., Manila, Philippines.
1969 - "SWEET LIFE" - Sweet Lines Inc., Cebu, Philippines
1970 - "SWEET DREAM" - Sweet Lines Inc. and converted to a combined passenger/cargo vessel.
1984 - broken up at Caloocan City, Philippines.
Sources: miramarshipsindex.org.nz and
http://www.faergejournalen.dk/handelsskibe/dfds/birkholm_1950.html

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Another very interesting photo. FUNCHAL was launched just five days after already with her mast in place over th bridge.

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