88 / 15,652 gt / 7,372 dwt (MLT) [urr]

owner : Pol-Med Shg. Co. Ltd.
manager : POL-Levant Shg. Lines Ltd.

built : Stocznia im. ‘Komuny Paryskiej’, Gdynia, POL
yard # : 432, type : B488/02
L - 27:09:1986, D - 15:01:1988

the second of a class of 5 ro-ro's built for Polish Ocean Lines for their Mediterranean service. She was chartered out between 1992/1993 as Ville de Lattaquie, but has retained the name Tychy since then despite her ownership changing to Levant Chartering and then Pol-Med Shg. Co.

She was one of a number of ro-ro vessels chartered by the British Ministry of Defence in order to support Bush and Blair's illegal invasion of Iraq. But the upside for us ship lovers was that it brought a good number of unusual visitors to Marchwood Military Port.

photo : Southampton Water : 22:03:2003
photo : Dr. Allan Ryszka-Onions 2003/2008