MV Jupiter (1961)
P1
- Moledet (1961-1970)
IMO no. 5239022
The Jupiter, ex Moledet, was a passenger and cruise ship that sank in 1988 in the port of Piraeus after a collision.
Construction and technical data
The ship was launched on February 19, 1961 at Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne in Nantes with the name Moledet from the stack and was delivered Navigation Company in the same year to the Israeli shipping company " ZIM " Israel. It was 126,65 m long and 19,89 m wide, had 6,45 m Draft and was measured with 7,811 GRT and 3,828 NRT. The carrying capacity was 2104 tons. Two 9 - cylinder 4- stroke marine diesel engines of SMET Pielstick each with 4767 kW were two screws a speed of 17 knots.
The Moledet was conceived as Einklassenschiff and aimed at the growing market for tourist trips. It provided space for 594 passengers, with six cabins on decks. The better cabins with ensuite bathrooms and toilets were on the promenade deck. The other cabins were distributed over the Lido, main, restaurant, theater and A- deck. Most of them were four-bed cabins, but there were also some two - and six-person cabins. There were also a large dining room, a dining room for children, cinema, synagogue, swimming pool and two large lounges. Access to the car garage was through a side hatch in the front ship.
Career
The Moledet, with home port of Haifa, Haifa sailed the line - Limassol - Naples ( or Genoa ) - Marseille, which they mastered in 4 ½ days, and then returned via the same ports. They also carried out numerous cruises. The ship, although often plagued by engine problems, was very popular with his passengers.
The triumph of passenger aviation also led the scheduled passenger service of ZIM in the late 1960s to such high losses that this has been discontinued. The Moledet was sold in 1969, after a total of 225 trips, withdrawn from circulation and on 28 September 1970, the Greek Epirotiki Lines of Piraeus. With the sale of its last passenger ship ZIM finished her passenger business.
The ship was renamed Jupiter. Externally changed only slightly by an extension of the main deck forward, the Jupiter was a popular cruise ship. Your first ride with the new name started on May 7, 1971.
Downfall
On October 21, 1988 around 18:00 clock the Jupiter took off in the port of Piraeus to go on a week-long study trip in the Mediterranean. Were on board, in addition to the crew of 110 men, 391 British school children aged 13 to 15 years and 84 teachers. Only 15 Minutes later the ship collided outside the harbor entrance, about 1.2 nautical miles southwest of the eastern mole, with the Italian auto transporters Adige, the import straight into the harbor. The collision tore a leak of 4.5 x 12 m size in the rear half of the port side of Jupiter. The ship was quickly filled with water, suffered machine failure, received heavy list, and started over the stern to sink. The lifeboats could not be used because of the strong impact side. The majority of the passengers and crew members were taken from small ships and boats, as the water level reached the upper deck, but about two dozen students were rescued after the sinking of the ship out of the water. After only 40 minutes, at 18:55 clock, the ship was in 75 m water depth at the position 37 ° 56 'N, 23 ° 36' O37.92523.608333333333Koordinaten: 37 ° 55 '30 " N, 23 ° 36 ' 30" O lost. A student, a teacher and two crew members were killed.
Postludes
The wreck remained at the lower transition point are. In September 1999 there was a significant release of oil from the wreck, probably caused by an earthquake on September 9. Then in 1225 barrels of oil were pumped out of the wreck in 43 -day work.
The psychological effect of the disaster has been studied at King's College London and also in the 1999 book one of the affected teachers discussed ten years later published study by the Institute of Psychiatry. Many of the young people suffered thus to post-traumatic stress disorder. A furnished in February 2009 Facebook page for survivors of the Jupiter - destruction ( ' Jupiter disaster survivors ') shows that many of them are still struggling with the psychological consequences.