MV BOOKER CRUSADE
Photograph
© Nigel Smirk
(Booker Crusade bunkering in Barbados November 1980. Photograph taken by
Nigel who was serving as Radio Officer )
| Built: |
1972 |
| Builder: |
VEB Schiffswerft Neptun, Rostock, East Germany. |
| Propulsion: |
VEB Maschineban Diesel, single screw. MAN K9Z60/105E, 9124BHP @ 165RPM |
| Tonnage: |
10891 DWT on 8.92M Draft |
| LOA/Lbp/B/D: | 145.36 / 134.85 / 19.40 / 11.28 M |
| Grain/Bale: | 16609 / 15175 M3 |
| Container Capacity: | 298TEU |
| Holds/Hatches: | 3/5 |
| Gear: | 30T SWL X 5 |
| Speed: | 17.5 knots |
| History: | |
| 1975 | Sol Neptun for Solstad Rederi A/S (Johannes Solstad) |
| 1976 | Wolfgang Russ |
| 1977 | Sol Neptun |
| 1979 | Sold to Booker Line Liverpool from Solstads Rederi A/S Skudenshavn of Norway and renamed Booker Crusade |
| 1983 | Sold to d’Amico Soc. di Nav. S.p.A., Palermo, Italy and renamed Cielo Di Trieste |
| 1992 | Sold to Alhambra Shipping Ltd. (Cie. pour la Gestion des Affaires Maritimes Industrielle S.A.M.), Monrovia, Liberia. |
| 1993 |
Sold to Jutha Maritime Public Co. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand and renamed Jutha Phansiri. |
| 1998 | Sold to Majestic Maritime Ltd. (I. M. Marine Services (London) Ltd.),Valetta, Malta and renamed Majestic K |
| 1998 | Renamed Queen Haja ( كين حاج) |
| 2004 | Sold to Queen Haja Nav. Inc. (Metkar Shipping), Panama |
| 2004 |
International Maritime Marine Service & Trading, Bucuresti/Panama |
| 2007 |
In the ownership of The Mektar Shipping and Trading Company S.R.L. and advertised for sale under the name Queen Haja (Panamanian Flag) with a price tag of USD 2.5 million |
| 24/07/07 | Listed as "grounded Berdyansk, Ukraine to Egypt" under a maritime casualty website. |