Category:IMO 5390008

**MS Achille Lauro**
	cruise ship launched in 1946
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Instance of	cruise ship; ocean liner;
Call sign	IBHE;
Named after	Achille Lauro;
Operator	MSC Cruises (1965–1994); Royal Rotterdam Lloyd (1947–1964);
Manufacturer	Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding;
Yard number	214;
Shipping port	Naples;
Service entry	1947;
Service retirement	2 December 1994;
Significant event	order (1938); keel laying (1939); ship launching (1946); service entry (1946); maiden voyage (1947); shipwrecking (1994); Achille Lauro hijacking;
Beam	25.1 m;
Draft	8.9 m;
Width	25 m;
Length	196 m;
Speed	22 kn;
Maximum capacity	900; 300 (ship's company);
Different from	Ruys;
	2° 00′ 00″ N, 47° 00′ 00″ E
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	Q340233; Library of Congress authority ID: n85276933; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007603681705171; IMO ship number: 5390008
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IMO number : 5390008
Name of ship : WILLEM RUYS (1947–1965) → ACHILLE LAURO
Call Sign : PIQF → IBHE
MMSI : –
Gross tonnage : 21119 → 21114 (1947–1959) → 23112 (1959–1965) → 23629 → 23478 ?
DWT : 7238 → 4800 (during 20/09/1958–25/02/1959) → 3937
Type of ship : Passenger/Cargo Ship → Passenger (Cruise) Ship (1959–1994)
Builder : N. V. Koninklijke Maatschappij 'De Schelde' Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek (214)
Year of build : 1947
Flag : Netherlands → Italy (during 1965)
Port of registry : Rotterdam (1947–1965) → Napoli
Status of ship : Total Loss (Sank 02/12/1994)
Registered owner : N. V. Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd, Rotterdam, Netherlands → Achille Lauro FU G. & C., Naples, Italy (06/01/1965–1987) → Star Lauro S.P.A., Naples, Italy (since 1987)

Ship[edit]

Type: Passenger/cargo (rf)
Year: 1947
Builder: Royal Schelde, Flushing, the Netherlands
Contract: 07.05.1938
Yard No: 214
Keel: 25.01.1938
Launch Date: 1.7.46
Date of completion: 21.11.47
Length overall: 192.38 m
LPP:
Beam: 25.01 m
Depth: 11.64 m
Draught: 9 m
BRT: 21119
DWT:
Passengers: 840
Main engines: 8 x 2 tew 8 cil. Sulzer diesel, 32.000 rpk
Speed: 22 kn

History[edit]

1947 Named Willem Ruys for Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Callsign: PIQF
1953 Collision with Oranje, passenger ship
1958 Refit at Wilton Feyenoord, Schiedam, the Netherlands
Januari 1965 Sold to Flotta Lauro, Rome, Italy, renamed Achille Lauro
Callsign: IBHE
1965 Refit at CN Riuniti di Palermo, Italy. Fire
29 08 1965 Grounded after an explosion
05 1972 Fire on board
28 04 1975 Collision with YOUSSEF in the Dardanellen. One person killed
1981 Fire on board. Three persons killed
1982 Temporarely out of survice due to bankrupcy
07 10 1985 Captured by Palestine terrorists between Alexandria and Port Said. One person killed
30 11 1994 Fire on board. Passengers in the lifeboats, two persons killed.
02 12 1994 Sunk