Takara
1986/ 1996 Car carrier
Buildingyard: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd., Oppama
Built year: 1986
Yard no: 1138
Tonnage: GRT: 48676/ NET: 14565 / TDW: 15546
Dims: LOA: 190,05/ BR: 32,29/ DR: 8,921mtr
Machinery: 7-cyl Sulzer by shipbuilders Tamashima yard
BHP: 10669 Speed: 18,0knots
Carcapacity: 5930
Two side midship ramp and quarter stern ramp
Photo: F. Sanderse
15.06.1986: Launched for Astral Carriers Ltd., Monrovia as NOSAC TAKARA
19.09.1986: Completed. Bareboat-chartered to WW for service in the Nosac-pool
30.08.1989: Owners became Sirius Carriers Ltd., Liberia
00.00.1996: Vessel taken over by Wilhelmsen Lines AS and changed flag to NIS. Renamed TAKARA
00.00.1997: Sold to Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning AS
00.12.1998: Sold to Actinor Shipping AS. Bareboatcharter back to Wilhelmsen Shipowning until 2008
00.00.2001: Sold to Sovereign Finance Plc., Manchester. Bareboatcharter back to Actinor Shipping AS
00.00.2007: Sold to Caiano Shipping AS., Norway. Bareboatchater back to Actinor Shipping AS
00.00.2008: Bareboatcharter between Wilhelmsen Lines and Actinor Shipping extended until 2010.
01.11.2014: Sold to DR Line SA (Doriko Ltd, S. Korea), Panama. Renamed DR ACE
16.11.2016: Broken up at Chittagong/ Bangladesh