Engineering:Rochdale One
 As Rochdale One in Amsterdam
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| Operator: | Danube Shipping Company (ru) |
| Builder: | Ateliers et Chantiers Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes, France |
| Launched: | 27 July 1976 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 7411959 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 2013 |
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| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Length: | 121.49 m (398 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 17.48 m (57 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Depth: | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Pielstick 8PC2-5L-400 diesel engines, 7,650 kW (10,259 hp) |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Capacity: | 328 passengers |
M/V Rochdale One was a cruise ship built by the French shipyard Ateliers et Chantiers Dubigeon-Normandie at Nantes in 1977 for the Soviet Union. As the Ayvasovskiy (Russian: Айвазовский) she was operated by the Danube Shipping Company (ru), mainly in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. At around 7,600 GRT, with a length of 121.5 metres (399 ft) and a draught of 4.5 metres (15 ft), she was small for a cruise ship and carried only 328 passengers.[2]
In 1997, she was chartered by German company Phoenix Reisen, and renamed Carina. In 2000, she was sold and renamed Primexpress Island, sailing out of Cyprus as a floating casino. However, in 2001 the ship was arrested at the port of Limassol because of unpaid bills.[2]
Eventually the ship was acquired by three Dutch housing associations; Algemene Woningbouw Vereniging (AWV), DUWO, and Woningstichting Rochdale, who agreed to cooperate in order to alleviate the extreme shortage of student accommodation in Amsterdam.[3] The ship was towed to Greece to be converted into an accommodation vessel before sailing to Amsterdam, arriving there on 8 July 2004. Renamed Rochdale One, she was used at Amsterdam from 2004 until 2009 as a home for 194 students.[2][4] The ship was then laid up until August 2011, when she was towed to 's-Gravendeel, Netherlands,[5] before being sold to a Lebanese company. In February 2012, she was towed to Tripoli, Lebanon.[6]
In July 2013, after a failed attempt to sell the ship to Russian buyers,[7] she sailed to Aliağa, Turkey, to be scrapped.[8]
References
- ↑ "Rochdale One". havenkade.nl. 2011. http://www.havenkade.nl/passengership/rochdale_one.htm. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Rochdale One". cruiseshipodyssey.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120429021348/http://www.cruiseshipodyssey.com/Rochdale_One.htm. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ "DUWO: Specialist in student housing". duwo.nl. 2012. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111119110315/http://duwo.nl/eCache/ENG/356.cGFyZW50bnI9MzQ3.html. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ van der Tol, Johan (16 September 2004). "Studentenhuisvesting is hot". www.nul20.nl. http://www.nul20.nl/issue16/1vd_2. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "Neptun 9 towed former Russian passenger liner". Tugs Towing & Offshore Newsletter (Hans van der Ster) 13 (8): 7–8. 26 February 2012. http://www.towingline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nieuws_2012_08.pdf. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ Oosterboer, Jan (20 February 2012). "Vertrek ROCHDALE ONE naar Tripoli". tugspotters.com. http://www.tugspotters.com/site/content/2012/02/vertrek-rochdale-one-naar-tripoli/. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ "ROCHDALE ONE Scrap". Cruise Travel - Cruise Talk. 23 July 2013. http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=005491. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ Knego, Peter (21 August 2013). ""The Love Boat's" Final Act Continues…". maritimematters.com. http://maritimematters.com/2013/08/the-love-boats-final-act-continues/. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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