Which one is it?

[Jens Boldt]

Hi all,

I came across some photos of a research & survey vessel called "Altair", but found different IMO numbers with different members' photos.

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2510808

This one was built in 1962 in Germany and foundered last year (according to Miramar).

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=477245

Also built in 1962, but in the USA...

Can someone advise me which is the correct IMO number for this one?

Cheers,
Jens

[victor radio74]

Hi, i see two photos of the same ship,one ot the imo should be wrong
Found amother ALTAIR http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:931004/mmsi:-7338339/vessel:ALTAIR/_:63c5ca3f19a8e8c883eae50914c99eed but no sure about her IMO
There are people on site with better knowledges
rgds

[Pieter_Inpijn]

I think that the IMO for the first picture of ALTAIR is the right one and the IMO for the second one belongs to the US built vessel with the IMO according to MarineTraffic. The two pictures show clearly the same vessel and it is an old vessel in German built style. Several other websites with photo

[miraflores]

Altair, built 1962 as JAMES M.GILLISS at Christy Corp, Sturgeon Bay, IMO 7338339
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:931004/#forward

Altair, built 1962 at Schlichting-Werft,Travemunde, IMO 5028095, has sunk out of Gotland on 12.09.2015

Rgds. Juergen

[Jens Boldt]

So it's IMO 5028095. That was my guess, but I didn't know for sure.

Thanks to all of you guys for the help!

kind regards
Jens

[Jens Boldt]

Hi all,

this time I got one from the archives (yes, actually it is).

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2596587

This one was posted with IMO number 5076157, but as a member pointed out in an error report, superstructure and gear of the two ships are quite different.

I searched Miramar and tried Google, but all I came up with was a Dimitris built in 1961 by Weser Seebeck in Bremerhaven which was renamed Baquir in 1970, in 1972 Hoogly, in 1974 Lok Adhar, in 1979 Varuna Adhar and which was scrapped in 1989 (this would at least match the name and year given in Paul's photo), but I found no photo of this one for comparison. The IMO number of this one was 5090127.

Does someone have an idea?

Cheers
Jens

[Weserphoto]

Hi Jens,

have a look at this link:

http://picclick.co.uk/Ship-Photograph-BAQIR-IMO-5090127-361771524326.html


Regards,
Helmut

[davidships]

Yes, I agree that IMO 5090127 is correct.

[Jens Boldt]

Don't know why, but I was so focused on the name "Dimitris" that I didn't search for a photo under the other names

Looking good, I'd say.

Again a big thanks for the help!

Cheers
Jens