Turkey: Third Tanker of Armada Series Built by Besiktas Shipyard Starts Its Maiden Voyage

The third tanker of Armada type built by Besiktas Shipyard in Yalova, Turkey, named Lerik, has sailed from the Shipyard on August 26, 2011. The vessel has sailed for her maiden voyage to load 6500 mts of fuel oil at port of Taganrog (Russia) with destination to one safe port of Marmara Sea.

 Main Particulars:

Length Over All (LOA): 139.95 M

Extreme breadth: 16.83 M

Depth: 6.0 M

Deadweight / GRT / NRT: 7008/ 4681 / 2273

Cargo tanks total capacity (98%, excluding slop tanks): 7754 M3

Speed, knots 10.5

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Source: palmali, August 29, 2011;