MV Pelikan

History
Name
  • Pelikan (1934-45)
  • Empire Alde (1945-46)
  • Pelikan (1946-47)
  • Pacuare (1947-59)
Owner
  • Afrikanische Frucht-Cie AG (1935-40)
  • Kriegsmarine (1940-45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945-46)
  • Elders & Fyffes Ltd (1946-59)
Operator
  • Reederei F Laeisz GmbH, Hamburg (1935-45)
  • Southern Railway (1945-46)
  • Kaye, Son and Co (1946)
  • Elders & Fyffes Ltd (946-59)
Port of registry
  • Nazi Germany Hamburg (1935-40)
  • Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine (1940-45)
  • United Kingdom London (1945-59)
BuilderBremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Bremen
Yard number712
Launched1934
CompletedJanuary 1935
Identification
FateScrapped in Troon, 1959
General characteristics
Tonnage3,264 GRT
Length352 ft 8 in (107.49 m)
Beam44 ft 8 in (13.61 m)
Depth24 ft (7.32 m)
Propulsion2 x 5 cylinder SCDA oil engines (Bremer Vulkan) 975 hp (727 kW)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacity129,000 cubic feet (3,700 m3) refrigerated cargo space

Pelikan was a 3,264 ton German refrigerated cargo ship built in 1934. In 1945, during the Second World War, the United Kingdom seized her and renamed her Empire Alde. She changed names twice more: back to Pelikan in 1946, and to Pacuare in 1947. She was scrapped in 1959/60.