This page is a record of the time I spent on this ship.
Joined : Shellhaven (London) 21/02/1979.
Sailed to : Pernis, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Europoort, Milford Haven, Le Havre, Aalborg, Rouen, Petit Couronne, Port Jerome, Las Palmas.
Incidents: Partly demolished jetty in Stockholm. Lots of navigation through sheet ice in the Baltic. Saw SS France layed up in the Le Havre estuary.
Paid off : Las Palmas 16/05/1979.
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| Ship Name | Acavus |
| IMO Number | 5001633 |
| Callsign | GXQQ |
| Ship Type | Products |
| Manager | STUK |
| Registered | London |
| Flag | British |
| Gross Tons | 12326 |
| Dwt Tons | 18936 |
| Class | 100A1 |
| Length | 558.9 ft |
| Breadth | 69.5 ft |
| Depth | 39.0 ft |
| Draft | 30.7 ft |
| Capacity | 894000 cu ft |
| Plant | Steam |
| Engine | 2 Steam Turbine |
| Engine Builder | Brown Boveri |
| Power | 7500 BHP |
| Bunkers | 1645 tons |
| Generators | 2 x 400 KW |
| Speed | 14.5 k |
| Build date | 1958 |
| Build yard | Bremer Vulkan |
| Scrapped | 1984 |