MT Vulcanus
Erich Schröder in 1969 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Erich Schröder |
| Owner | Reederei Richard Schröder, Hamburg, Germany |
| Builder | Norderwerft Köser & Meyer, Hamburg, Germany |
| Yard number | 818 |
| Launched | 10 November 1955 |
| Commissioned | 17 January 1956 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold February 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage |
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| Displacement | 979 metric tons |
| Length | |
| Beam | 14.45 m (47 ft 5 in) |
| Height | 8.80 m (28 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 6.07 m (19 ft 11 in) max |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Crew | 31 |
| Name | Vulcanus |
| Owner | Ocean Combustion Service N. V., Rotterdam, Netherlands (division of DDG Hansa, Bremen, Germany) |
| Operator | Vulcanus Shipping Pte. Ltd., Singapore |
| Renamed | 1983 Vulcanus I |
| Reclassified | 1972 Incinerator ship |
| Refit |
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| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold 1990 |
| Notes | DDG Hansa bankrupt in 1980. Ship sold to Waste Management, Inc., Oakbrook, Illinois, United States |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Incinerator ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 979 metric tons |
| Length |
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| Beam | 16.03 m (52 ft 7 in) |
| Height | 7.40 m (24 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 6.06 m (19 ft 11 in) max |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Name | Oragreen |
| Owner | Rederiet M.H. Simonsen A.p.S., Svendborg, Denmark |
| Operator | Simonsen Tankers Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas |
| Reclassified | 1990 |
| Refit | 1990 |
| Identification | Call sign C6IN5 |
| Fate | Sold 3 May 2004 |
| Name | Kotrando |
| Owner | Kotram Nigeria Ltd., Apapa, Nigeria |
| Identification | Call sign C6IN5 |
| Fate | Lost 2012 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Bunkering tanker |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 97.08 m (318 ft 6 in) Loa |
| Beam | 16.00 m (52 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 6.06 m (19 ft 11 in) max |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
MT Vulcanus, also known as Vulcanus I, Oragreen, Kotrando, and Erich Schröder, is a cargo ship first placed in service in 1956 that was used from 1972 to 1990 as an incinerator ship and later as a tanker.