The data is for informational purposes only and VesselFinder is not responsible for the accuracy and reliability of W KYRENIA data. Green, J. Steffy, J.R. 1985. REF4247, Steffy inspecting a timber (Photo: Susan Katzev). This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution. Your email address will not be published. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Katzev, Susan Womer. REF4246, Steffy holding a timber after treatment (Photo: Susan Katzev). It is hoped that in the future a more complete story of the excavation may be assembled in these quarters to complement exhibition of the preserved ship in its own gallery across the castle courtyard. amphorae used for wine carrying and for the storage of almonds. Two heavy wales girded the sides of the hull above the water-line. The ship, called Kyrenia II was finally launched in June 1984. Among the cargo recovered were In cooperation with the National Geographic Society Mr. Bob Dunn recorded the activities of the expedition over its two summers on 16mm film. Google Scholar. at China Coast reported 23 days ago by AIS. The Kyrenia ship: An interim report on its Hull construction. During the previous summer we had cleared more than 300 amphoras from the upper levels, had come upon a cargo of stone grain mills beneath them, and excavateda small trench to expose a tantalizing look at the ships hull. It was found one mile off the north coast of Kyrenia in November 1965 by a local diver and instructor named Andreas Cariolou. Cariolou stumbled upon the shipwreck while diving for sponges after a storm. Penn Museum, 1970 Web. Found on board was nearly 400 amphorae for storing wine, grain mill stones for producing grain, almonds, lead weights for fishing and one coin. After conservation and reassembly, the hull of the Kyrenia ship is now on display in the Kyrenia Crusader Castle on Cyprus. No matter how hard the Turkish invaders try to alter the historic truth regarding the origin of the wreck during the tours they organize, our captive ship will continue to constitute an undisputable testimony proving the timeless bonds between Kyrenia and Greece, as well as a symbol signifying the return of the Kyrenians to their beloved city and district. The results are being readied now for educational use, and will stand as a permanent record of the project. After conservation and reassembly, the hull of the Kyrenia ship is now on display in the Kyrenia Crusader Castle on Cyprus. : Kyrenia shipwreck. Protecting maritime heritage in disputed territory: The Kyrenia Shipwreck Collection Restoration Program. First the ribs were removed and turned on their sides into newrigid lifting trays designed to meet their greatest length. Your email address will not be published. 2023 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. At the same time, almonds were being found outside amphoras, resting in masses within the hull. Archaeological Context. Cyprus Ports Authority: Nicosia. Ive been following your website for a while now and finally got the Correspondence to An underwater archaeological survey of Cape Andreas, Cyprus, 196970: A preliminary report. National Geographic Society Research Reports 13, pp. Used for the crews meals were thirteen black-glazed echinusbowls, numerous flat plates again black-glazed, and a fourth drinking cup, indicative of the number of crewmen on the last voyage. Copyright 1985 by the Archaeological Institute of America. Green, J. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Sailing with him were at least three other crew members, perhaps some of them with vested interests in the cargo. Copyright 2023 - Kyrenia / Designed & Developed by NETinfo Plc No images, text or other material whatsoever from this website may be copied, published, re-produced or otherwise used without the written permission of yrenia unicipality. 1995. in Piraeus on June 22, 1985. Once the ship had been completely cleared of its contents, it was seen to be remarkably intact. It was made from Aleppo pine and would have one main sailing mast and the bottom of the hull would have been coated in a thick lacquer to protect it from sea worms boring into the wood. The remaining hull was raised, conserved and reconstructed. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 3: 156165. At the barge each basket was winched onto an awaiting boat. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology pp 15Cite as, 3 Part of Springer Nature. In: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Diver recovering amphora at the shipwreck. Kyrenia actually represents the first Greek ship where we see 100% pegged mortise and tenon construction - but it was built with a few recycled planks that show lacing holes. REF4242, Reconstructing the hull (Photo: Susan Katzev). boatyard in Athens, Greece. 163173. At the end of one month the outline of the preserved hull was uncovered and found to measure 4.8 x 11.4 meters. The archaeology, led by the late Michael Katzev and now being completed by Susan Katzev, showed that sometime around 306 B.C., the ship, with a four-person crew from Rhodes, was overcome and sank in what seems to have been a pirate attack that left eight iron spear points embedded in the hull. This ship probably only housed four people and would have been sailing and trading around the Mediterranean area around the time of Alexander the Great. She proved her seaworthiness, with a remarkable ability to sail into the wind. Belryan( talk) 14:44, 4 October 2007 (UTC) [ reply] Category Museums in Northern Cyprus [ edit] Early in the season small fragments of thin lead sheets with bronze tacks were also found, and later, larger sheets were uncovered, indicating that the Greek ship had been covered in a sheathing of lead to protect its hull against marine life. The reconstruction of the Kyrenia ship, 19721975. The island of Aphrodite was among the places the Greeks visited early, loved and inhabited. REF4241, Steffy installing the timbers after treatment (Photo: Susan Katzev). In the kitchen area wooden utensils and spoons, small bottles of olive oil and glass bottles were found. The Kyrenia ship was built in the early 4 th century B.C. The radio carbon date on the It is important to note that, 75% of the ship, that measures 15 metres in 315328. This was achieved at the Manolis Psaros boatyard in Piraeus Greece . Kyrenia II is often used as a floating ambassador of Cypriot culture, and has visited many parts of the world. In 1986, it visited New York City; in 1988, Japan; and in 1989, West Germany . Athens: Hellenic Institute for the Preservation of Nautical Tradition. Oxford University Press. All these bits of evidence suggest that the ship sailed southwards along the coast of. I n 1981 Manolis Psaros, a boat-builder in Parma, Greece undertook to build a full size replica of the Kyrenia ship. Just forward of the bow cabin area lay two concentrations of lead weights once attached to fishing nets. a ship later known as the "Kyrenia Ship". The survey and excavation of the site was directed by The study of this vessel, the only well preserved fourth century B. C. ship, clearly establishes the methodology involved in the fabrication of these complex wooden structures. Adding weight to this supposition are three new oil jugs (gutti), combining with the single example from 1968 to total four, and four small echinus bowls or salt dishes. D. Blackman, 141179. Nor did we know how far the ships small objects of wood or pottery had been thrown when the vessel jolted to its final resting place on the sea bottom. The Kyrenian sea kept it tightly into its arms for more than two thousand years, until our compatriot late Andreas Kariolou discovered it opposite the coast of Chrysokava in 1965. Then, as the cargo shifted, captain and crew would have realized the fate of their vessel. The pirates at the time would have looted the ship, captured the sailors as slaves and sunk it. Domestic pottery was also Kyrenia Shipwreck Excavation. The hull was built in the "shell first" manner, quite the opposite of today's method. The Cyprus Mines Corporation continued to provide considerable on-site technical assistance, loan of equipment, and medical services. Das Schiff von Kyrenia. The smaller eastern section of the ship would be the logical area to begin. As the ships hull began to emerge, photogrammetrist Mr. Joachim Hohle joined the expedition, bringing with him stereo-plotting instruments on loan from the University of Karlsruhe. Over the next 17 years from 1987 the ship was transported on the decks of large merchant vessels across oceans and seas. , constituted its main cargo. Country/Region. This we did, after intensive labeling to insure accurate reassemblage. The average speed varied from 2 to 6 knots. This was proven using the radiocarbon dating method which revealed that various parts of the ship had been built using wood of various ages. CrossRef Required fields are marked *. 286-99. A curse tablet was also found on the wreckage. This manual technique was capable of both planar and depth measurements and yielded an accuracy comparable to the stereo method. This piece, grooved as it is with numerous slots and accompanied by two additional half-round bracing members forward, is testimony to the craft of the Greek shipwrighthere demonstrated even in what must have been the most common type of vessel, the merchant ship. The Ancient Ship of Kyrenia, Beneath Cyprus Seas.. Over 2,000 individual dives were logged this season, bringing the working hours on the wreck to better than 1,000. and is the oldest Greek vessel ever discovered. Now, twenty-two centuries later, she will serve us as a monument unique in the history of seafaring. Katzev, M. 1975. It is said that these lead tablets are hammered onto a ship by pirates before scuttling it to curse the ship in order to protect themselves from their deeds. Many times the sea would also bring conquerors, but none of them would stay for long. The Kyrenia ship was a small Greek merchantman which sank off the north coast of Cyprus late in the fourth century B. C. Its timbers have been reconstructed in Kyrenia, Cyprus, where it is displayed along with cargo and artifacts from the wreck. Franais : pave de navire marchand grec antique retrouv Kyrenia (Chypre). A commercial 15-metre long ship built in 389 B.C. Most of the amphoras were Rhodian in origin and date to the final third of the 4thcentury B.C. Conservation of the Kyrenia Ship, 197071. President of the Kyrenia Chrysokava Cultural Foundation, Telephone: 22818040 One of these was minted during the reign of Antigonos Monophthalamos (316-301 B.C. REF4239, Steffy measuring timbers (Photo: Susan Katzev). As years went by, the residents of the Achaean Coasts built villages, cities and their history with their own sweat and blood, while during turbulent times they had to help Digenes defeat Charon, they escorted Regaena to her castles and enjoyed the results of their achievements and labour among the scents of the lemon trees and the carob trees. The vessel is en route to NINGBO OPL, sailing at a speed of 14.0 knots and expected to arrive there on Dec 23, 08:00 . H. Tzalas, 245256. courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Kingwood Texas! and is the oldest Greek vessel ever discovered. Report of preliminary underwater investigations at Salamis, Cyprus. Steffy working on the site plan (Photo: Susan Katzev). Next the mast step complex and keel were lifted, and finally the outer planks were cut into manageable lengths and raised. Several repairs have been recorded for this ship: replacement of a frame and several planks, installation of a bilge sump, relocation of the mast step, repair of a cracked keel, wood sheathing in the bow, and a layer of lead sheathing over the entire hull. to their homes following the barbaric invasion of Turkey in 1974. Fax: 22818228 However, it sank just three miles from the port. Although the coins are badly corroded, at least two can be read. A fourth bronze coin appeared amidst the weights from the second net just forward of the cabin. REF4250, Steffy working on the lines drawing (Photo: Susan Katzev). What tragedy, then, sent their ship to the bottom here, less than a mile from the ancient anchorage at Kyrenia? Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. plates, bowls, ladles, sieves, a copper cauldron, salt dishes, oil jugs, cups Between the preserved hull in the stern and the concretion lay a marble columnarpedestal, its context on shipboard yetan enigma. English: The Kyrenia ship. 1989. However, a more permanent and less distracting arrangement needed to be made. It has allowed archaeologists to learn much more about the form and handling abilities of these now-vanished ships. almonds, the bronze coins and the radio carbon dating on the hull indicated that She proved her seaworthiness, with a remarkable ability to sail into the wind. ), and the other struck in the reign of his son, Demetrios Poliorketes (306294). Since the finds point to an interesting and rarely-illustrated aspect of Mediterranean history, it was felt that the public should not be denied some view of the material. How many years did our ship sail before her destruction? An analysis of the experimental voyages of Kyrenia II. W KYRENIA current position and history of port calls are received by AIS. The vessel W KYRENIA (IMO: 9211494, MMSI 538009126) is a The wreck of the Kyenia ship was discovered in 1967 close to Kyrenia in Cyprus, hence its name. Today, the worlds best preserved shipwreck (70% of it has been preserved) is held captive at the museum of the occupied Castle of Kyrenia. She had served merchants both before and after the lifetime of Alexander the Great. 24 The construction of the Kyrenia II was most helpful in understanding the shell-first method and other structural details4, while the over 2000 nautical miles covered in sea trials and assistance from professors Katzev and Steffy constructed an exact replica at a Another part of the cargo comprised 9000 almonds in jars. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Paramount in our considerations was concern for the optimum conservation of the wood. The ship, called Kyrenia II was finally launched in June 1984. Greek-Cypriot diver, Andreas Kariolou, accidentally discovered, in the depths of Category:Kyrenia shipwreck. In TROPIS II, ed. This nearly two-thousand-year-old victim is the earliest physical evidence of piracy. A video of the divers recovering the shipwreck and its objects. These cookies do not store any personal information. and wooden spoons. The excavation of this site revealed a very well-preserved assemblage containing amphorae from Chios, Samos, and Rhodes, a collection of personal items suggesting the presence of a captain and a crew of three on board at the time of loss and the remains of approximately 6070% of the original hull. The Kyrenia ship, a Greek merchantman built around 315 BC and sunk off the north coast of Cyprus 294-291 BC, was excavated between 1967 and 1972 under the direction of Michael Ninety-six amphoras whole and fragmentary were excavated, bringing the ships total to 403 lifted in the two campaigns. This concretion, which weighed approximately 1,400 pounds, was raised to the surface and will undergo restoration in the summer of 1970. Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus, pp. Cape Andreas expedition, 1969. This represented a considerable increase over the 1968 campaign. General consensus is that the ship had been away trading and was returning to Kyrenia either because this was its home port or in order to carry on trading and may have sunk due to its age and being hit by a storm. Ancient shipwrecks have been found elsewhere in the Mediterranean Sea and the Cyprus underwater archaeological search, 1967. It was found one mile off the north coast of Kyrenia in November 1965 by a local diver and New York and London, 2005. Kyrenia II: Building a replica of an ancient Greek merchantman. Covering the ship with silt would not be sufficient to arrest this totally nor to insure that marine life would not attack the wood anew. During the summer of 1969 the expedition to Kyrenia completed excavation of the Greek ship, accomplishing what had been projected as two seasons of diving in one expanded campaign The vessel is en route to NINGBO OPL, sailing at a speed of 14.0 knots and expected to arrive there on Dec 23, 08:00. hope and freedom and took part in a number of events all over the world. Towards this end the excavation opened its storeroom temporarily to groups in the company of the castle custodian. We use cookies to operate this website, improve its usability and track visits. Abstract. Due to the length, has been preserved as it was safeguarded under a protective layer of In the meantime, the Cyprus Department of Antiquities undertook to restore a vaulted gallery within Kyrenia Castle for housing the wood during its preservation, and to serve eventually as a museum for the reassembled ship. Amidships and resting directly on the hull were ten double knobs, resembling yo-yos. It is now exhibited in the Ancient Shipwreck Museum in Kyrenia Castle. The vessel itself was a Greek merchant ship and had a cargo of as many as 500 amphoras which belonged to ten different shape types. E-mail: [emailprotected], Data Privacy Policy | Website Privacy Notice. Stereo-mapping continued throughout the excavation for recording the find positions of the remaining amphoras, grain mill blocks, and smaller cabin objects. Institute for the Preservation of Nautical Tradition Mr. Harry Tzalas, with the Kyrenia II is now retired from active sailing and is displayed as a permanent exhibit in the Thalassa museum, Ayia Napia, Cyprus. Ten distinct amphora shapes on board suggest other ports of call, such as Samos in the north. recovered in the bow area, possibly belonging to the crew, and consisting of Many were the companies, individuals, and government agencies on Cyprus who contributed their help to the project. 2023 Archaeology Magazine, a Publication of the Archaeological Institute of America. The latest theory as to why the ship sunk is that it may have been attacked by pirates. After conservation and reassembly, the hull of the Kyrenia ship is now on display in the Kyrenia Its star attraction, the Kyrenia shipwreck, is a 4th century B.C Greek merchant ship and is the oldest example of a Greek ship to be discovered. Vessel W KYRENIA is a cargo ship sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands. http://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/the-kyrenia-shipwreck/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrenia_ship. Deutsch: The Kyrenia ship. Using a compressed-air-driven underwater saw, this side was separated into manageable pieces of approximately one by two meters. However, he lost the position and it took him a further two hundred plus dives to find it again in 1967. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Resurrecting an Ancient Greek Ship: Kyrenia, Cyprus, in Beneath the Seven Seas, edited by George F. Bass, pp. The Kyrenia ship was built in The Kyrenia Ship was excavated in the late 1960s and dates to the 3rd Century BC. Anonymous. Expedition Magazine. Yet, from the construction of her hull we are already learning a great deal about the skills and techniques which the Greeks applied to their civic and domestic wooden architecture. Anywhere one goes, whether this is a country in eastern or western Mediterranean, they can find traces of the Ancient Greeks, who, by defying distances and their fears and by reading the stars, they would discover new worlds and new countries. Altmetric. Thus, the log of our merchant vessel might have told us of a trading ship sailing southward along the Anatolian coast, threading her way through the Dodecanese islands. As a unique, handmade object approximately 14 m long built over two millennia ago, this wooden hull is exceptional, and it and its replicas have become emblematic of seafaring in the Mediterranean Sea during the Hellenistic era. The entire outer surface of the preserved hull was found sheathed with lead affixed by regular rows of copper tacks. Incidentally, this last was generously suggested by the Antiquities Department of Cyprus but gratefully declined by the expedition. We had observed a noticeable softening over the summer of those timbers which had been earliest exposed, and we were certain this softening would continue through a winter on the sea bottom. Period. The hull was preserved extensively, including all of the keel, more than half of the stem, and 22 strakes of outer planking. Archaeological Context. Matthew Harpster . During 1985 You can still see the way the wood has been joined together and the groove where the ships mast once stood. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1954 Press Photo Aerial view of the harbor at Kyrenia, Cyprus - pix27425 at the best online prices at eBay! Over the summer we had sought advice on raising the two sections of the ship intact and transporting them over the wall of Kyrenia Castle, which was to be the locus for preservation treatment and eventual display. In Cyprus and the sea, ed. Four wooden spoons, four oil jugs, four salt dishes and four drinking cups recovered in the shipwreck suggest that her crew on her last voyage consisted of four seamen. The sinking of the Kyrenia could have been caused by many factors, but evidence suggests that piracy and old age contributed to the ships fate. n 1981 Manolis Psaros, a boat-builder in Parma, Greece undertook to build a full size replica of the Kyrenia ship. Having lost the exact position Cariolou carried out more than 200 dives until he re-discovered the wreck in 1967 close to Kyrenia in Cyprus.Michael Katzev, a graduate student at the University of - YouTube 0:00 / 4:09 " KYRENIA II ", Ship model by Chef Andros. The site extended about nineteen meters in length and ten meters wide. Kyrenia II was exhibited at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut, in New York (fig. Carbon 14 dating of the ships planking and also of its cargo suggests that the ship was about 80 years old when she sank. It was discovered by Greek-Cypriot diving instructor Andreas Cariolou in November 1965 during a storm. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. There the wood was washed and placed in fresh-water tanks. Early Hellenistic. 331340. 1970. Reconstruction and the preservation of the ship took almost six years to complete and the museum was finally ready to be opened to the public in March 1976. In early summer the expedition storeroom at the castle was made ready for use by our conservator. best-preserved ship of the Classical period of Greek civilisation ever found to No matter how cautiously it was handled throughout the lift and transfer, however, the wood was so pliable that it settled within the trays, and the sections tended to lose their original contours. Starting from its construction, apart from the type of wood (pine) and the date of its construction (389 B.C. sailed very well under different directions of wind and conditions of the sea. Ancient shipwrecks have been found elsewhere in the Mediterranean https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3151-2, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3151-2, eBook Packages: Springer Reference HistoryReference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3151-1, Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips, Not logged in The Kyrenia shipwreck was first discovered in 1965 by town councilman Andreas Cariolou. Greek merchant vessel off the coast of Cyprus has yielded substantial information on the construction of classical Greek boats, often seen depicted in paintings on ancient ceramics. The ship sailed in the Mediterranean during the lifetime of Alexander the Great and his successors. There are only the storms which sweep in without warning against this unprotected coast. date. The ship's single sail had been taken down before she sank as the stern contained more than 100 lead rigging rings from a large square sail stowed there. Once he had pinpointed its location he notified the relevant authorities and Michael Katzev from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology was called in to lead the salvage recovery of the ship. the Kyrenia ship wreckage were properly conserved and are now exhibited in the For the absence of any cache of precious coins, personal possessions, or skeletal remains suggests the crew did have time to gather up its belongingsand the captain to retrieve his earnings from the voyage. the ship, carrying 29 mill stones, 380 amphorae and a load of 10000 almonds and other products, as well as a four-member crew, sailed from the port of Kyrenia heading towards its next destination. Please note that by using this site you are consenting to the use of cookies. In combination with the staff photographer, Hale recorded and plotted to an accuracy of0.02 meters the wooden hull asit was uncovered. Position & Voyage Data Track on Map Add Photo Add to fleet NINGBO OPL ETA: Dec 23, 08:00 Ningbo Anch., China ATA: Dec 23, 09:56 UTC Map position & Weather Newer position via Satellite Kryrenia reconstruction sailing in the Aegean sea. Katzev, M. 1974. In addition, the fact that the spikes of spears were found stuck at the lower external part of vessels hull created the suspicion that it had sunk due to a pirate attack. The more than 9,000 almonds recovered in this way suggest that the nuts were mainly being transported aboard theexcavated collection of milling stones of the hopper design. Moreover, it has been proven that approximately eight years after its construction the ship underwent repairs, possibly two or even three times. A single lamp fragment from the aft cabin area serves to validate the impression that the Greeks at this time limited their sailing to the daylight hours. By the end of May the diving barge was reanchored over the wreck, and the site cleared of the sand and plastic sheets which had been laid over it as winter protection at the end of the 1968 excavation. Again some of the jars contained almonds. 1973. Period. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3151-2, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences. I. TROPIS, 163175. The University Museums excavation of the wreck spanned two summers from 1968 to 1969 and recovered cargo, dining wares, tools, ships rigging, and even four bone eyelets from a sailors sandals. That she made some port on Cyprus is suggested by one of the bronze coins and perhaps also by the almonds, since Cypruswas a famous producer of almonds in antiquity. 215.898.4000. used to visit the port of Kyrenia regularly coming from the Aegean islands and even reaching the coasts of Syria and Palestine. The Penn Museum respectfully acknowledges that it is situated on Lenapehoking, the ancestral and spiritual homeland of the Unami Lenape. Research shows that several fixes were made to the ship, including lead sheathing fixed to the outside of the ship to make it more water tight and a break in the ships keel which had also been mended. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. before continuing eastwards to her destruction in Cyprus. 177184. Grid 4B (gap, under hull) 1974. In such a gale the sailors would have first thrown out anchors, hoping to ride out the sea. The ship itself was remarkably well preserved alongside elements of the rigging, sail, ballast and an anchor. Cambridge University Library Archives. Harpster, M. 2015. Katzev, S. 2007. the early 4th century B.C. So, using seven air lifts of varying sizes, we began clearing a three-meter-wide trench around the area excavated the year before. Her IMO number is 9211494 and MMSI number is 538009126. The "Kyrenia II" ship In Great moments in Greek archaeology. the ship could have been nearly 300 years old when she sunk. L. Katzev, .Michael"Kyrenia" Expedition Magazine 12.4 (1970): n. pag. 27 stones for hopper-type grain mills had been stacked in three rows along the axis of the ship to serve as ballast. Published 5 years ago Cars & vehicles 3D Models Cultural heritage & Main ship particulars are length of 300 m and beam of 43 m. Maps below show the following voyage data - Present Location, NExt port, Estimated (ETA) and Prediced Time of It was clear that these sections would have to be taken apart before they could be preserved. As the balloon carried the load upwards, the diver followed, deflating the balloon gradually so that the frame would not rise too abruptly as it neared the surface. The ancient ship of Kyrenia, Beneath Cyprus Seas. The King's Manor, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK, Harpster, M. (2019). used to visit the port of Kyrenia regularly coming from the Aegean islands and even reaching the coasts of Syria and Palestine. In 1981 Manolis Psaros, a boat-builder in Parma, Greece undertook to build a full size replica of the Kyrenia ship. Technical specifications, tonnages and management details are derived from VesselFinder database. 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