MS Star Clipper
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After the collision, 1980.
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| History | |
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| Name: |
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| Builder: | Kockums, Malmö, Sweden |
| Yard number: | 515 |
| Launched: | 26 September 1968 |
| Completed: | January 1969 |
| Out of service: | 16 September 1986 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 6826200 |
| Fate: | Broken up, Karwar, India |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Bulk carrier |
| Tonnage: | 16,532 GRT |
| Length: | 171.9 m (564 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 26.0 m (85 ft 4 in) |
| Capacity: | 27,890 tonnes deadweight (DWT) |
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MS Star Clipper was a Norwegian-owned bulk carrier built by Kockums in Malmö, Sweden in 1968. In 1981 she was sold and her name changed to Star Lanao. She was scrapped in India in 1986.
She is best known for causing the Almö Bridge disaster when sailing into Uddevalla, Sweden, in bad weather.
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