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Monte Pragal
  Bj. 1946
Portugal  Monte Pragal
Baujahr
Bauwerft:
1946
John Cockerill, Hoboken / Belgien
361 brt
149 brt
Tonnage
41,64
m lang
11,02
m breit
2,68
m Tiefg.
842
94
Passagiere
-
28
PKW
11
Knoten
Namen:
  1. Rupel - 1959
  2. Monte Pragal - 2005/2007
 Fährbetrieb / Reederei:
  1. nn / belgischer Staat, Belgien - 1959
  2. Sociedade Marítima de Transportes Lda., Montijo - 12.1975
  3. Transtejo - 2006
  4. Tratamento e Limpezas Ambientas -
 aktueller und früherer Fähreinsatz:

-
1946 - 1959 Schelde in Antwerpen
-
1959 - 1983 Cais do Sodre - Cacilhas / bzw. Belem - Porto Brandao
- 1979 Kollision mit dt. Frachter, 05.-10.1979 in Reparatur
- 1983 Umbau und Erneuerung der Maschinen
1983 - 1989 aufgelegt
- 1990 Renovierung, neue Motore
1990 - 2002 Cais do Sodre - Cacilhas
2002 - 2006 aufgelegt
- 05.2006 zum Abbruch verkauft
2007 Abbruch in der Werft von S. Jacinto (Aveiro)
andere Info: Abbruch Mitte 2006
  - LX-2874-TL
- Kennung: CUKB
- 2 x Sulzer-Diesel mit je 400 PS; ab 1991: 2 x Cummins Diesel Typ KT19M mit je 425 PS
- 394 Pass. + nn PKW

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Built in 1946 by Cockerill at Hoboken, Belgium. Sold to Lisbon in 1959. The original 2 x Sulzer 400hp engines were replaced in 1991 by 2 x 425hp Cummins engines in 1989, when it underwent a major refit after being out of use since 1983. It operated the Belém-Porto Brandão car-ferry service. This vessel has had a number of accidents: on 15 May 1979 it collided with a German vessel, the Schwaneck in fog, and on 22 October 1980 it hit the wreck of the Tollan which had sunk some time earlier off Cais do Sodré. In 1990 the vessel suffered fire damage whilst being refitted. From 1990 it ran on the Cacilhas service from Cais do Sodré. In 1992 the accommodation was upgraded. No longer in 2008 fleet.
Monte Pragal Reg. No: L-2874-TL. Built 1946. 361 tons gross. 41.64m x 11.02m x 2.68m. Car ferry + 94 passengers, or 1004 passengers only, plus 5 crew. Built by Cokerill at Hoboken, Belgium. Sold to Lisbon in 1959. The original 2 x Sulzer 400hp engines were replaced in 1991 by 2 x 425hp Cummins engines in 1989, when it underwent a major refit after being out of use since 1983. It operated the Belém-Porto Brandão car-ferry service. This vessel has had a number of accidents: on 15 May 1979 it collided with a German vessel, the Schwaneck in fog, and on 22 October 1980 it hit the wreck of the MV Tollan which had sunk some time earlier off Cais do Sodré.
 

 
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