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The MS Achille Lauro was an Italian cruise ship registered in Naples and built between 1939 and 1947 in the Netherlands under the name of Willem Ruys.[1] It burned in the Indian Ocean off Somalia in 1994.[4]

The Liner "Achille Lauro" Piraeus Athens.jpg
Achille Lauro in Piraeus, Greece
Career
Name:
  • Willem Ruys (1947–1965)[1]
  • Achille Lauro (1965–1994)
Namesake:
  • Willem Ruys
  • Achille Lauro
    • Owner:
  • 1947–1965: N. V. Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd, Vlissingen, Netherlands
  • 1965–1989: Achille Lauro FU G. & C.
  • 1989–1994: Star Lauro S.P.A.[2]
    • Operator:
  • Royal Rotterdam Lloyd (1947–1964)
  • Flotta Lauro Lines (1965–1989)
  • StarLauro (1989–1994)
    • Port of registry:
  • 1947–1965: Rotterdam,  Netherlands
  • 1965–1994: Naples,  Italy
    • Ordered: 7 May 1938
    Builder: Koninklijke Maatschappij "De Schelde" Shipbuilding
    Yard number: 214
    Laid down: 25 January 1939[2]
    Launched: 1 July 1946[2] (Delayed due to WWII)
    Christened: by HM Queen Wilhelmina[3]
    Completed: 21 November 1947[2]
    Maiden voyage: 2 December 1947[2]
    Out of service: 30 November 1994
    Identification:
    Fate: Sank on 2 December 1994 off the coast of Somalia due to fire on board.[4]
    General characteristics
    Tonnage:
    • 21,119 GRT as built
    • 23,629 GRT after refurbishment
    Length: 642 ft (196 m)[3]
    Beam: 82 ft (25 m)[3]
    Draft: 29.3 ft (8.9 m)[3]
    Decks: 9 [3] (6 passenger accessible)[2]
    Installed power:
    Propulsion: 2 propellers[2]
    Speed: 22.0 kn (40.7 km/h)[2]
    Capacity:
    • 869 passengers (as built)[2]
    • 1,372 passengers[3]
    Crew: 300 [3]

    She was hijacked by the Palestinian Liberation Front, where Jewish American Leon Klinghoffer was shot dead and thrown overboard from this cruise ship in 1985.[5]

    MS Achille Lauro Media

    • The Achille Lauro on fire during her conversion work in 1965

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nicolson, Harold (1957). Journey to Java. London: Constable.
    2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 "Name ship: Willem Ruys". Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Ward, Douglas (1995). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Oxford: Berlitz. ISBN 978-2-8315-1327-0.
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cowell, Alan (2 December 1994). "Achille Lauro Smolders After 1,000 Are Rescued". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/02/world/achille-lauro-smolders-after-1000-are-rescued.html. Retrieved 30 September 2019. 
    5. ↑ Berman, Daphna (9 May 2008). "Klinghoffer daughters recall personal tragedy at commemoration of terror victims outside Israel". Haaretz.

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