SHIPS AND THE SEA

O BLOGUE DOS NAVIOS E DO MAR vai estar uns dias com actividade reduzida devido a uma viagem do respectivo editor, Luís Miguel Correia.
Voltamos em breve, entretanto há muitas fotografias para ver, textos para ler ou revisitar, por isso sejam sempre bem vindos aos BNM.
The SHIPS & THE SEA BLOG will be sailing at reduced speed on the next few days due to a business trip of its Editor Luís Miguel Correia. We'll be back to cruising speed as soon as possible, meanwhile, please feel at home to look into our photos and ship histories...
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Paquete FUNCHAL em 1973

Imagem do paquete português FUNCHAL a navegar no canal da Mancha em 1973 após reconversão para cruzeiros em Amsterdão, Holanda.
Depois de fazer a carreira das Ilhas de Novembro de 1961 a Setembro de 1972, o FUNCHAL seguiu para Amesterdão em Novembro de 1972 afim de substituir as turbinas a vapor de origem por dois motores Diesel Werkspoor. Os alojamentos foram também modernizados e o navio adaptado a paquete de cruzeiros, sendo equipado com uma piscina, bar tasco, todos os camarotes com casa de banho enquanto os salões da turística B deram lugar a novos camarotes.
O casco foi pintado de branco com linha de água verde e o amarelo da chaminé foi substituído por um tom mais forte adoptado na altura para a maior parte dos navios da frota da Empresa Insulana de Navegação. O navio passou o Verão de 1973 a fazer cruzeiros internacionais com saidas de Dover, Zeebrugge e Lisboa, e em Dezembro foi posicionado no Brasil para a primeira época de cruzeiros baseado no Rio de Janeiro.
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CORVO ENTREGUE EM VIANA

Dois aspectos da cerimónia de entrega do novo CORVO, em Viana do Castelo dia 18 de Julho de 2007

O novo porta-contentores português CORVO foi entregue pelos Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo à Mutualista Açoreana de Transportes Marítimos, S.A., de Ponta Delgada, Açores, em Viana, a 18 de Julho de 2007, pelas 13h00.
O CORVO destina-se à carreira Lisboa - Leixões - Açores e vai deixar o estaleiro amanhã de manhã, 20-07 rumo a Leixões, onde vai carregar dando início à actividade comercial. Está prevista a largada de Leixões na viagem inaugural na tarde de 21 de Julho de 2007 com destino aos Açores.
A chegada a Ponta Delgada será dia 24-07 pelas 08h00. Nesse mesmodia pelas 17h00 o CORVO será apresentado em São Miguel. O navio faz de seguida escalas nos portos seguintes: Praia da Vitória a 25-07, Horta a 26-07 e Cais do Pico a 27-07.

Nestes portos o CORVO será também apresentado oficialmente aos clientes e amigos da Mutualista Açoreana.

A primeira escala do CORVO em Lisboa está prevista para os dias 31 de Julho a 3 de Agosto próximo.
Com 121 metros de comprimento, 9.000 toneladas de porte bruto, capacidade para 600 contentores de 20 pés e 17 nós de velocidade, o CORVO está registado em Ponta Delgada e custou cerca de 20 milhões de euros.
Estão de parabéns a Mutualista Açoreana, a Marinha de Comércio Portuguesa, os Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo e muito em especial o armador Sr. Engenheiro Joaquim Bensaude grande "culpado" por o navio ter sido construído em Portugal, apesar do actual desinteresse notório do Governo de Lisboa no que toca aos assuntos da Marinha de Comércio.
Last but not the least, não deixem de ver mais fotografias, informação e comentários acerca do CORVO aqui...

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O primeiro cargueiro CORVO

CORVO I (1930 - 1958) - 1097 TDW.
Construído em 1919, o primeiro cargueiro CORVO a fazer a carreira dos Açores foi comprado em 1930 pela EMPRESA INSULANA de NAVEGAÇÃO. Foi o primeiro navio exclusivamente de carga da EIN. Transferido em 1951 para a Mutualista Açoreana. Conservou o nome CORVO até 1958 quando se passou a denominar ÓSCAR.Vendido à Companhia de Navegação Frasil e posteriormente à COMPONAVE, foi desmantelado em Lisboa em 1982 com o nome SILNAVE.
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O N/T CORVO II de 1958

CORVO II (1958 - 1974) - 1559 TDW.
Construído em França em 1954 e comprado em 1958 pela Mutualista Açoreana. Foi o único navio de carga português equipado com turbinas a gáz.Passou a chamar-se MAIA em 1974 e navegou até 1975. No ano seguinte foi vendido à Empresa Tráfego Estiva, de Lisboa, registado no Barreiro e transformado em batelão.
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O cargueiro CORVO III de 1974

CORVO III (1974 - 1986) - 1350 TDW.
Construído em Portugal, pelos Estaleiros Navais do Mondego, na Figueira da Foz, expressamente para a Mutualista Açoreana e vendido em 1986 para Cuba.
Foi o último navio de carga geral convencional na frota da empresa e o primeiro construído expressamente para a Mutualista. O navio foi projectado pelo ECN Rogério de Oliveira, oficial ilustre da Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa, responsável igualmente pelos projectos dos paquetes PRINCÍPE PERFEITO, FUNCHAL e PONTA DELGADA, do bacalhoeiro NEPTUNO e das 10 corvetas das classe JOÃO COUTINHO e BAPTISTA DE ANDRADE.
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O porta contentores CORVO IV

CORVO IV (1989 - 2000) - 3250 TDW
O anterior CORVO a integrar a frota da Mutualista Açoreana foi construído em 1980. Lançado à água com o nome STEMWEDE. e acabado com o nome ESPANA. 1984: Nome alterado para VILL DE TYR. 1985: Nome ESPANA I. 1986: MANAFOSS (Iceland Steamship Co.). 1987: ORIENT SUCCESS. 1989: comprado pela Mutualista Açoreana de Transportes Marítimos S. A., Ponta Delgada, nome alterado para CORVO.
Perdeu-se por encalhe a 15.12.2000, junto à ilha Graciosa, quando seguia do Cais do Pico para Santa Cruz da Graciosa com carga geral e gado vivo. O navio partiu-se em dois e afundou-se dias depois .

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O NOVO CORVO EM IMAGENS

Aspectos do novo CORVO, ontem dia 18 de Julho de 2007, atracado ao cais de aprestamento dos Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo, por ocasião da entrega do navio à Mutualista Açoreana.

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N/T INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE

The Portuguese passenger liner INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE underway at sea in 1972 in original CCN colours and laid up at Mar da Palha, off Lisbon, photographed by Luís Miguel Correia in early 1977. Below the same ship twenty years later cruising in the Caribbean as the SEAWIND CROWN in Premier Cruises livery photographed by Benoit Donne.

The 1961-Belgian built INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE was the flagship of Companhia Colonial de Navegação and the Portuguese Merchant Navy until 1976 when she was withdrawn from service following a final cruise to Madeira island. She was transferred to CTM - Companhia Portuguesa de Transportes Marítimos in 1974 and sold to the Sines Development Authority (Gabinete da Área de Sines) in 1977.

After a refit in Setubal by SETENAVE she was towed to Sines in November 1977 and served there as accommodation ship until rescued by Mr. George Potamianos in November 1986. Still under the name INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE, the ship returned to Lisbon in November 1986 under tow and after a very extensive rebuilding done in Lisbon and Perama, Greece, the ship returned to cruise service in November 1988 as the VASCO DA GAMA.

Sold to Cruise Holdings in 1995 and transferred to Premier Cruises soon after, the VASCO DA GAMA was renamed SEAWIND CROWN in 1995. Her final cruise took place in September 2000 under charter to Pullmantur and following the demise of Premier Cruises the SEAWIND CROWN was seized in Barcelona until 2003.

Sold in 2003 to be broken up, she was renamed BARCELONA and sailed under her own power to China. Breaking of the old former INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE took place in China between March and May 2004.
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Lancha FONTE DA AREIA

Três aspectos da lancha de pilotos FONTE DA AREIA, dos Pilotos de Porto Santo.

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The motor liner SATURNIA (1927-1966)

A very beautiful illustration of the famous Italian motor passenger liner SATURNIA built in 1925-1927 for the Cosulich Line.
Transferred in 1932 to the Italia Line, she was a very successful passenger ship and sailed until 1965 when she was replaced by the RAFFAELLO and scrapped the following year. The second image shows the VULCANIA photographed in Lisbon in the fifties in Itala Line colours.
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Porta-contentores INDUSTRIAL DREAM

Porta-contentores alemão (registado sob bandeira de Antígua e Barbuda) INDUSTRIAL DREAM (construção C233) a sair de Viana do Castelo no dia 18-04-2007 para iniciar as provas de mar.
Trata-se do sexto navio porta-contentores da mesma classe construído nos Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo por encomenda do armador alemão Jungerhans Maritime Services Co. GmbH, de Haren/Ems. Em baixo apresentamos as características dos navios da classe, segundo informação disponibilizada no sítio da internet do estaleiro de Viana do Castelo. O INDUSTRIAL DREAM foi entregue ao armador no início de Maio.

MULTIPURPOSE CONTAINER VESSELS (Hulls nº. 228 / 229)

ENVC - 228-229 / 230-233
The first of six vessels of the same series intended for world-wide trade carrying bulk cargos, ISO containers and heavy loads up to 400 ton single weights.

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

• Type : Multipurpose Container Vessel

• Classification : This vessels are constructed in accordance with the Germanischer Lloyd rules.
  The class : GL + 100 A5 G, E Equiped for Carriage of Containers (SOLAS II-2, Reg. 19) + MC AUT "E"

• Main dimensions;

  Length, o.a. : 119.80 m
  Length, P.P. : 112.00 m m
  Beam : 20.00 m
  Depth (to upper deck) : 11.30 m
  Depth (to main deck) : 8.30 m
  Draught (scantling): 7.70 m
  Deadweight : 8000 tons
  

• Cargo capacity
  The cargo area is divided into 3 holds and a tween-deck prepared for the transportation of general cargo, ISO containers and heavy loads of up 400 ton single weight.

Holds capacity (grain) aprox. :	11326 m3
The free height in holds to be :	12 m

The tween-deck in N�2 hold may be located on three different height positions.

Holds ventilation will be forced assuring 6 renewals per hour of the empty hold.

Permissible loads :	- tank top 15 ton/m2
	- tween-deck 3.5 ton/m2
	- weather deck 2.5 ton/m2

The double bottom ceiling will be provided with flush-type container fittings.

Containers capacity

	In holds	214 TEU's or 104 FEU's + 6 TEU's
	Over deck (three rows)	302 TEU's or 143 FEU's + 16 TEU's

- Loaded containers

The ships with consumables for 30 days, as listed below, will carry 315 containers ISO 20 (8.5' height) of 14 tons each, considering that their centre of gravity is at 45% of their height.

	Consumables for 30 days & stores :
	Crew & Effects...........................................	3 tons
	Provision Stores..........................................	10 tons
	Ship Stores and Spares ...............................	15 tons
	Fuel Oil.......................................................	660 tons
	Diesel Oil....................................................	55 tons
	L.O. Tanks.................................................	10 tons
	Thermal Oil.................................................	9 tons
	Fresh Water Tanks.....................................	100 tons

	Number of refer plugs 80 of 12 KW capacity each, in waterproof boxes fitted on the transverse hatch coaming.

• Hatch covers
  Weather deck pontoon type hatch covers with container sockets in trenches, in non sequential operation (five 40' section). The maximum stack load is 60 tons for ISO 20' containers and 80 t for ISO 40' containers.
  Tween-deck pontoon type hatch covers with container sockets in non sequential operation (ten 20' section). The maximum stack load is 50 tons for ISO 20' containers and 60 t for ISO 40' containers.

• Deck cranes
  This vessels will be equipped with two electro-hydraulic cranes with the following capacities :

Crane 1 (between N�1 & 2 Hold at Portside) Main Hoist SWL 200 tons down to 60 tons with hoisting speeds from 0-3.5 m/min (185 tons) up to 0-10 m/min (60 tons), at 20 m outreach. Aux Hoist SWL 60 tons down to 16 tons with hoisting speeds from 0-10 m/min (60 tons) up to 30 m/min (16 tons), at 24 m outreach. Crane 2 (between N�2 & 3 Hold at Portside) Main Hoist SWL 200 tons down to 60 tons with hoisting speeds from 0-3.5 m/min (185 tons) up to 0-10 m/min (60 tons), at 20 m outreach. Aux Hoist SWL 60 tons down to 16 tons with hoisting speeds from 0-10 m/min (60 tons) up to 30 m/min (16 tons), at 30 m outreach.

The cranes to be able to lift a 400 tons load (length abt 24 m, breath abt 4.4 m) from a position 5.00 m beyond P.S shipside and to place this load in N�2 Hold up to an extreme S.B. position 5.00 m off vessels centreline. To lift heavy loads, a spreader must be used with variable points for connecting the crane tackles, with 19 m maximum distance between the crane tackles.

• Tank capacities;

Fuel Oil (storage tanks) : 700 m3 Diesel Oil (storage tanks) : 65 m3 L.O. tanks : 65 m3 fresh water tanks : 100 m3 Sewage collecting tank : 8 m3 Ballast water tank : 4100 m3

• Fire detection
  Will be provided one detection system covering the engine room and holds with thermal and ionic sensors located as deemed necessary and according flag and class rules. In connection with these sensors will be mounted one identification and alarm panel in the wheelhouse and alarm in the engine room.

• Fire fighting
  CO2
  Engine room
  Paint store
  Emergency diesel generator (independent system)
  FI-FI (independent system, tank + pumps)
  Engine room
  Sprinkler
  Holds

• Windlasses and after winches
  Forward will be fitted two windlasses each one with one chain lifter, mooring drum sized for full length of polyprop ropes and one warping head associated, electrically operated. The capacity to be sufficient to lift one chain and anchor from depth of 100 m at a medium speed of 9m/min. After will be fitted two electrically driven mooring winch equipped with mooring drum and with a capacity of abt. 5 tons pull.One of the mooring winches to be equipped with one addicional drum for the manoeuvring of the stern anchor (weight abt 2100 kgs).

• Mooring devices
  Forward will be fitted one bollard for towing and other four for mooring, one towing chock in centre line, four roller fair leads and four guide rollers. After will be fitted four bollards, four roller fair leads and six guide rollers. Forward under deck will be fitted two rope basket and after will be fitted two steel pipe baskets on poop deck.

• Crew and Accommodations
  accommodation is provided for 19 persons (4 suites, 11 single and 1 quadruple) plus one hospital with private bath.

	Captain...........................	1 suite (cabin, dayroom, office and bath)
	Chief Engineer...............	1 suite (cabin, dayroom, and bath)
	First Mate.......................	1 suite (cabin, dayroom, and bath)
	First Deck Officer...........	1 single with bath
	Second Deck Officer......	1 single with bath
	First Engineer................	1 suite (cabin, dayroom, and bath)
	Second Engineer...........	1 single with bath
	Appendrice....................	2 single with bath
	Electrician.......................	1 single with bath
	Boatswain.......................	1 single with bath
	Cook..............................	1 single with bath
	Seaman..........................	3 single with bath
	Suez Crew......................	1 quadruple with bath

• Speed, consumption and range
  These ships in ballast conditions with 4 m mean draught at 4500 KW with clean hull, deep and smooth waters, wind less than Beauford 3, will reach in trials the speed of 16.5 knots. The range will correspond to 30 days sailing at 85% power.

• Main engine and generators
  These ships are powered by remote controlled marine diesel engine (MAK) of 5400 kW at 750 rpm and provided with two main diesel generators each developing 400 kW, an emergency diesel generator developing 400 kW and a shaft generator developing 700 kW output.
  All machinery is from first class makers, as are the navigation aids and radio communications equipment.

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The STAR PRINCESS in Lisbon 2007-05-13

Princess Cruises STAR PRINCESS photographed alongside the Rocha Cruise Terminal in Lisbon on 2007-05-13.
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The N/T FUNCHAL when new

The Portuguese passenger liner FUNCHAL was built in Denmark in 1960-61 and introduced by Empresa Insulana de Navegação on the Atlantic Islands mail and passenger service from Lisbon on 4th November 1961.
The posted photograph was taken in the sixties in Funchal, Madeira Island, and the N/T FUNCHAL is just arriving and going alongside the Pontinha pier.
She was particularly handsome in her original classic livery... Forty six years later she is still doing strong cruising the world. (The N/T note means Navio a Turbinas, turbine steamship.)
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TAGUS oldest ferry - the EBORENSE

The portuguese ferry EBORENSE photographed Lisboa 0n11th July 2007, with the NAVIGATOR OF THE SEAS in the background.
The EBORENSE was delivered in 1954 to the old Parceria dos Vapores Lisbonenses by the shipbuilders Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo.
The EBORENSE has been a member of the Transtejo fleet since December 1975, and a replacement ferry is about to be ordered.
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EBORENSE - Veterano do Tejo

Ferry EBORENSE fotografado em Lisboa a 11-07-2007, com o NAVIGATOR OF THE SEAS em pano de fundo.
O EBORENSE data de 1954, quando foi entregue à antiga Parceria dos Vapores Lisbonenses pelos Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo, onde foi construído.
O EBORENSE integra a frota da Transtejo desde Dezembro de 1975, e neste momento está a ser equacionada a encomenda de um substituto.
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ORIANA in Lisbon 2007-07-11

The 1995-built British cruise liner ORIANA sailed from Lisbon on a cruise this late afternoon and I was able to get some more pictures...
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NAVIGATOR OF THE SEAS in Lisbon 2007-07-11

The RCCL mega cruise ship NAVIGATOR OF THE SEAS called in Lisbon again and this time I went out to the Tagus bar to register her return into the Atlantic after a few hours alongside Lisbon.
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