RFA Sea Centurion (A98)
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RFA Sea Centurion was a fast sealift ship chartered to Britain's Royal Fleet Auxiliary between 1998 and 2002 and subsequently in commercial service with Stena on Mediterranean routes as M/S Ark Forwarder.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RFA Sea Centurion |
Builder | Società Esercizio Cantieri, Italy |
Launched | July 1997 as Stena Ausonia, later renamed Und Ege |
Commissioned | 18 October 1998 and renamed Sea Centurion |
Decommissioned | 25 July 2002 |
Identification | IMO number: 9138783 |
Fate | Returned to owners in 2002. Renamed Mont Ventoux in 2002, Stena Forwarder in 2005, Ark Forwarder in 2007 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Sealift |
Tonnage | 21,104 gross tons |
Length | 185.4 m (608 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 22.5 m (73 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | 4 × 8-cylinder Sulzer diesels |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
Capacity | 2700 lane metres |
Complement | 17 |
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