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Name: DJEBEL-DIRA
Type: Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/02/1948
Completed: 11/1948
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1854
Dimensions: 4180grt, 2175nrt, 3300dwt, 355.7 x 51.2 x 24.6ft
Engines: 3 x Steam turbines, DR geared
Engines by: Parsons Marine Turbine Co, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 16.5knots
Reg Number: n/a
History:
11/1948 Government of France (Cie de Navigation Mixte), Marseille
1970 Spyros Billinis, Piraeus; renamed PHOENIX
1979 Athens Marine Cruises Ltd, Piraeus; renamed MELODY
1986 Hellenic Industrial Development Bank, Piraeus
1990 Cougar Shipping Co Ltd, San Lorenzo
06/07/1990 Burned out
Comments: 1948: Accommodation for 40 x passengers
Built for the service between Marseilles & Casablanca. Also carrying sheep
1970: Converted to a cruise ship for 406 x passengers
06/07/1990: Caught fired whilst under repair at Keratsini
Taken in tow and beached on Atalanti Island
07/07/1990: Fire extinguished, but left derelict
2009: Wreckage removed


Above photo as DJEBEL-DIRA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as DJEBEL-DIRA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as DJEBEL-DIRA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as MELODY is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as MELODY is copyright of Aleksi Lindström

Above photo as MELODY is copyright of Jukka Koskimies