Talk:TS Leda

	TS Leda passing Haugesund, Norway, October 1973
History
Name	list error: <br /> list (help); Leda (1952-79); Najla (1979-81); Albatros (1981-84); Alegro (1984-85); Albatross (1985-88); Betsy Ross (1987-89); Amalfi (1989-90); Star of Venice (1990-2002)
Owner	list error: <br /> list (help); Bergenske Dampskibsselskab (1952-79); Kuwait Livestock (1979-81); Aspis Maritime (1981); Dolphin Hellas (1981-89); Beacon Seaways (1989-90); Valgas Trading (Vanuatu) (1990-1993); Newport Shipping (1993-95); Star of Venice Navigation (1995 - 2001)
Operator	list error: <br /> list (help); Bergenske Dampskibsselskab (1952-79); Kuwait Livestock (1979-81); Dolphin Hellas and on charter (1984-89); American Star (Greece) (1989); StarLauro (1989-90); Star Cruise Line (1990-92); Mediterranean Cruises (1998-2000)
Port of registry	list error: <br /> list (help); Bergen (1952-79); Kuwait (1979-82); Piraeus (1982-90); Port Vila (1990-93); Panama City (1993-2001)
Route	Newcastle upon Tyne - (dock at North Shields) - Bergen - Stavanger (1957-74)
Builder	Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson
Launched	3 September 1952
Completed	April 1953
In service	1953
Out of service	list error: <br /> list (help); 1974-79; 1981-84; 1989; 1992-98; 2000-02
Identification	list error: <br /> list (help); IMO Number5205253 ( -2002); Code Letters LAMX (1952-79); ; Code Letters SVIZ (1985-88);
Fate	Scrapped in 2002
General characteristics
Type	list error: <br /> list (help); Ferry (1952-74); Accommodation ship (1974-79); ?? (1979-85); Cruise liner (1985-91); Floating hotel (1991-92); Floating prison (1992-98); Cruise ship (1998-2002)
Tonnage	list error: <br /> list (help); 6,670 GRT (6,670 GRT after 1981); 1,970 DWT
Length	133.51 metres (438 ft 0 in)
Beam	17.43 metres (57 ft 2 in)
Draught	9.15 metres (30 ft 0 in)
Decks	11 decks
Installed power	13,000 SHP steam turbines.
Propulsion	Two steam turbines
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h)

A fact from TS Leda appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 November 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that North Sea ferry TS Leda (pictured) was rebuilt as a cruise liner, then became an accommodation vessel at a penal colony for Mafiosi, and ultimately was the scene of a Greenpeace demonstration?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/November.

Wikipedia

History

Because I have been asked, here is a potted history of the ship, some of it may not be absolutely reliable, just gleaned by naive browsing. I expect some reference book has all this, and better. Mostly from [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and references in article. Also try registering at Ships Nostalgia[6] and search for Leda.

1974 Ceased as ferry and laid up Bergen, idle until 1977.
1977 Sold to Stord Verft as accommodation vessel at Stavanger.
1979 (1978?) Sold to: Kuwait Livestock Trading and Transport Co., renamed Najla (also listed as Nalja) but not used for livestock [7]. Chartered to Lewis Offshore as accommodation vessel at Stornoway.
1980 towed to Stavanger for lay-up.
1981 towed to Kuwait.
1981 Sold to Aspis Maritime (Panama)
1981 Sold to Dolphin Hellas (Greece)renamed Albatros. Being rebuilt until 1984 when started as a cruise ship.
1984 Renamed Alegro (temporarily for South American cruises) owner: Dolphin Hellas.
1985 Rebuilt? renamed Albatross owner: Dolphin Hellas.
1988 Chartered to American Star Line (Greek owned). Renamed Betsy Ross Intended cruises of America but Mediditerranean instead.
1988 Lay idle at Pireus.
1988 Cruising Africa.
1989 Chartered to Star Lauro. Renamed Amalfi cruising from Venice. Sold to: Beacon Seaways (Greece).
1989 Laid up Venice for some months.
1990 Sold at auction to Stargas registered as owned by Valgas Trading (Malta, Registered Vanuatu). Renamed Star of Venice Operated Star Cruise Line
1991 Caught fire in Venice, rebuilt in Yugoslavia.
1992 Police hostel ship Genoa
1992 Accommodation vessel for prison guards, Pianosa, Italy. Laid up Venice.
1993 Sold to Newport Shipping Co. Panama.
1995 Sold to Star of Venice Navigation (Panama)
199? Laid up Rijeka
1998 Mediterranean Cruises
1999 (Laid up as?) Hotel ship Ravenna
2001 Sold to breakers (Swiss ownership?) Towed to Aliaga for breaking up.

Thincat (talk) 13:04, 26 October 2009 (UTC) and updated Thincat (talk) 11:42, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

I've had a go at tidying the infobox. Still needs a little work before it can go in the article but the finished version will be a lot more compact than the current one.

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Leda T/S" (in Norwegian). Nettsurfer. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
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[Nettsurfer-3] "Leda T/S" (in Norwegian). Nettsurfer. Retrieved 26 October 2009.

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