MV Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey
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The MV Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey is a Liberia-flagged Powership, a floating power plant, owned and operated by Karpowership. Built 1983 by Mitsui Co. in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan and christened MV Sono,[5] she sailed as a dry cargo ship under various names and flags until in 2010 she was converted into a Powership at the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey. She supplied electricity to the power grid in south-eastern Iraq. Currently, she supplies electricity to Sierra Leone.
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Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey | |
History | |
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Name |
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Operator | Karpowership |
Port of registry | Liberia[2] |
Builder | |
Yard number | 1264[4][5] |
Completed | 1983[5] |
Identification | IMO number: 8117031[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 188.14 m (617 ft 3 in) (LOA)[3] [7] |
Beam | 31.00 m (101 ft 8 in)[3] |
Draught | 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in)[3] |
Installed power | MAN B&W diesel engine, 13,100 HP[8] |
Propulsion | Single shaft[3][8] |
Speed | 14.75 knots (27.32 km/h; 16.97 mph) (avg)[3] |
Capacity | 126 MW generation (as Powership)[9] |
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