| Himmerland - Welland Canal - St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada - July 31, 1971 |
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| More details and photos for: Himmerland |
| Fleet: | | IMO: | 6717265 | |
| Owner: | A/S Det Dansk-Franske D/S - Denmark | Category: | Bulk Carrier |
| Manager: | | Port/Flag: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Dimensions: | Length (oa): 176.84 m (580.2 ft) Length (lbp): 167.65 m (550.0 ft) Beam: 22.97 m (75.4 ft) Depth: 13.64 m (44.8 ft) Draft: 10.11 m (33.2 ft) | Call Sign: | OVQV |
| Built: | John Readhead & Sons Shipyard, South Shields, England - Entered service in 1967/10 |
| Names: | Himmerland (1977/01), Turkiye (1988/01), Vast Start (1989/04), Vast Pioneer (1989/12), Fairwind (1991/02) |
| Disposition: | Struck a submerged object in the Red Sea on 26 February 1991 while enroute from Novorossiysk, Russia to Indonesia and subsequently sank
Lost on 1991/02/28. |
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| Photographer: | Gordon Turner - Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Collection: | Late Gordon Turner Collection (1930-2020) (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) |
| Format: | Kodachrome slide | Views: | 21 | |
| Uploaded: | 2026-03-01 10:27 PM by Jeff Cameron |
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