Mir

[shipstamps]

The Mir was built at the Pula shipyard of Uljanik in 1958, being launched as the Polet. Her gross tonnage is 9,312, net 5,050 and deadweight 12,540 tons. Dimensions are: length 489ft. 8in., beam 61ft. 10in. draft 29ft. 2in. and a B. & W. oil engine having five cylinders gives the vessel a speed of 14 knots. She was subsequently sold to the People's Republic of China and has been renamed Wuxi.SG2054

[D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen]

Built in 1958 by Brodogradiliste Uljanik, Pula, #219 as POLET for Jugoslavenska Linejska Plovidba, unfinished sold to Cechofracht, Czechoslovakia as MIR.
Freighter, Gt:9312, Nt:5570, Dw:13.090, Loa:149,30m. Lbpp:136,80m. Br:18,90m. Draught:8,90m. 5 cyl. B&W/Pula engine:6250 hp. (4597 kW.) 15 kn. 5 holds, 1 derrick SWL:30 tons, 14 derricks SWL:5 tons, IMO.5236484.
11-02-1967 sold to China Ocean Shipping Co., renamed in WUXI.
1985 sold to Fujian Provence Shipping Co. (Fuzhou Branch) Fuzhou, renamed in DA PING SHAN, scrapped in ?
(Czechoslovakia 1972, 60 H. StG.2054)
LR88/89 + 95/96 + Internet.

[aukepalmhof]

16 May 1957 keel laid down.
02 March 1958 launched as POLET.
20 September 1958 delivered.

28 April 2010 deleted from Lloyds Registry, existence in doubt.

source: http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz