Passenger/training ship “Sunrise IV” at Colombo, 20th April 1980
Owner: Estrella Christal Nav. S.A., Panama
Flag: Panama
Builder: Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire
Gross tons: 11,045
Deadweight: 9,331
Length overall: 163.6 m
Max. draft: 8.459
Engines: 2 x 8-cylinder Sulzer diesels, total 11,200 b.h.p., by Cie. de Const. Mech., St Denis
Service speed: 16 knots
Completed 1950 as passenger ship “Claude Bernard for Cie. Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis, France (94 1st class & 230 3rd class passengers
Sold 1963 to Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, East Germany, renamed “J.G. Fichte”; used as a training ship
Bought 1979 by Estrella, initially renamed “Sunrise” & later “Sunrise IV”
Laid up at Colombo January 1980
Renamed “Pegancia” 1981; sold for scrapping at Karachi in April of that year.