General cargo ship type B41 (B41/I/5) built in the Paris Commune Shipyard in Gdynia FOR POLISH OCEAN LINES (PLO). The launch took place on December 30, 1964. The godmother was the wife of the then ambassador of the Soviet Union in Poland - L.P. Aristov. Equipment and sea trials were completed in August 1965 and commissioned on August 23. The ship was assigned to operate the Line to the ports of the Bay of Bengal. In April 1973, the crew rescued five survivors off the coast of Bangladesh. In 1976 the ship was employed on the Australian Line. In July 1991 (after 26 years of operation in the PLO), the ship was sold, the name was changed to SHAKIR 2, the Polish flag was replaced with the Liberian one. A few months later (March 1992) the ship arrived at Alang Beach and was scrapped.
Ship's Particulars.
Bandera: Polish
Home port: GDAŃSK
Tonnage: 5730 / 8662 GRT; 3127/4861 NRT; 9595 / 11885 DWt
Dimensions : 152.58 x 19.44x7.70 / 8.75 [m]
Number of holds/hatches: 5/5
3 double passenger cabins (6 passengers)
Drive: 1 low-speed, reversible H.Cegielski Poznań - Sulzer 6RND68 engine with a power of 7,200 horsepower. (5300 kW)
1 fixed propeller.
Maximum speed: 15.5 knots
Classification society: PRS (RINA after renaming SHAKIR 2).