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File:MV HARAMBEE STAMP.jpg
Inscription on the stamp SS was an (MV)diesel vessel

Renamed:

1965 SANTA BARBARA,DEU

1967 HARAMBEE, East Africa National Shipping Line (Southern Line), Kenya,KEN. Sailed under British flag.

1979 ARAMBEE, Silverstar Corp,Panama City,PAN

History

After delivery mostly used in the service of the Hamburg Sud between Hamburg and South America ports in the Columbus Line, was also a tramper. Regular runs between UK, Dar es Salam, Zanzibar and Mombasa as the HARAMBEE. Made only one voyage as ARAMBEE, for Silverstar Corp, Panama City. Gdynia to Fushiki, then to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, arrived on 03 February 1980 broken up for scap by Yih Shen Steel Enterprise Co.

File:MV HARAMBEE.jpg
Royal Albert Dock, London 1971
MV Harambee
History
NameMV Harambee"
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OrderedRudolph A. Oetker,DEU
BuilderFlender Werke, Luebeck, Germany
Yard numberGermany 435
Laid downREG IV
Completed21 Oct 1953
StatusScraped
General characteristics
Class and typeGeneral Cargo
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6,169 GT
10,178. LT DWT
Length482 ft (147 m)
Beam59.9 ft (18.3 m)
Draft25.2 ft (7.7 m)
Depth31 ft (9.4 m)
Installed power4,000 b.h.p.
Propulsion6-cylinder M.A.N. Heavy Oil
Speed13 knots
Capacity596 cub.ft Grain,533,181 cub.ft. Bale
NotesBunkers: 678 tons