The other eleven or so (or Mercantics everywhere!)

[Dai_Jones]

First of all .....Thankyou to all those who helped me in the earlier post.
Now. We have started a model boat club up here in the Blue Mountains and for my sins I have been asked to find out the names and, if possible
, histories of the eleven or ships built to the Mercantic design.
We know of the Mercantas,Gerda Rarberg/Krosindur and the Henne Dancoast but as we are using the Mercantic as a build and learn model we would like to find out about the other ships so that we can ring the differences and make the fleet to look a little different.
Dai

 

[rgr004]

Hi Dai,

following is copied from a Dutch website (www.groningerkustvaart.nl)
dedicated to coasters. Some postings were made recently about the Mercantic at page 4 in the forum (http://www.kustvaartforum.com) :

rgds / Roland

'In 1962 PH had finally saved enough capital to order his first ship, the m.s. MERCANTIC, with Denmark's oldest steel shipyard, "H. C. Christensens Stålskibsværft" in Marstal.'
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MERCANTIC wurde 1964 von H.C. Christensens Staalskibsvaerft in Marstal abgeliefert.
Länge über alles 48,00 m
Länge zw. den Loten 43,20 m
Breite 9,14 m
Tiefgang 3,45 m
Vermessung 300 BRT / 203 NRT
Tragfähigkeit 610 tdw
2 Laderäume
2 Ladebäume je 3t
Alpha-Diesel 425 PS, 11 kn
Bis 1974 hieß das Schiff MERCANTIC, bis 1976 FAIRY, bis mindestens 1994 SIGNAKO, dann irgendwann PACO PALLA, seit ca. 1998 POINTE VIEUX FORT
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Name: Pointe Vieux Fort IMO No: 6402951
Ex: Paco Palla Built: 1964
Type: General Cargo Status: In Service
SubType: Flag: France
DWT: 618 Draft: 0.00 Builder: Christensens
GT: 0 LOA: 48.00 Owner: Compagnie Des Archipels
NT: 223 Beam: 9.15 Speed/Cons: 11.00/-
Class: BV Depth: 3.45 Engine Type: Caterpillar
Decks: 1 Bale: 831

 

[rgr004]

Hi dai,

Have learnt that nine vessels were built in the serie as follows :

Mercantic (built 1964),
Astrid Rarberg (1964),
Falkur 1965 (later Jenka),
Kleven 1965 (later Minde),
Mercantas 1966,
N. O. Petersen 1966,
Gerda Rarberg 1966,
Egholm 1967,
Karen Danica 1968

rgds / roland

 

[rgr004]

Hi Dai,

A few small pictures of KLEVEN are available at the following address :

http://home.planet.nl/~hanse076/kleven.html

rgds / Roland