Model of English Bridge
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Port of registry | Hong Kong |
Builder | Swan Hunter |
Launched | 25 September 1972 |
Identification | IMO number: 7227932 |
Fate | Sank in December 1986, wreck located 51°28′N 09°14′W / 51.467°N 9.233°W |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bridge-class combination carrier |
Tonnage | 89,438 GT[1] |
Length | 294.2 m (965 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 44.3 m (145 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 18.44 m (60 ft 6 in) |
Ice class | A1 |
Installed power | B&W 8K98FF |
Propulsion | 1 x propeller |
Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
Crew | 28 |
MV Kowloon Bridge was a Bridge-class ore-bulk-oil combination carrier built by Swan Hunter in 1973. She sank off the coast of the Republic of Ireland in December 1986.