Heavy lift class

The following three sister ships were the heavy lift vessels in the Safmarine fleet, also for carrying general cargo. The “S.A.Van Der Stel”, “S.A. Weltevreden”, and the “S.A. Nederburg”. were all built by a Dutch company, and entered service in the mid 1960s. The S.A. Van Der Stel could lift 250 tons with her own derricks and the other two could lift 125 tons. They were all powered by a six cylinder M.A.N K6Z86/160 low speed two stroke diesel engine, developing aprox 14,000 BHP and a speed of 21 knots. For electrical power three M.A.N diesel engines drove AC alternators.

 

 

 

 

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