Global InformationMV Karadeniz Powership Rauf Bey information
 Karadeniz Powership Rauf Bey
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| Owner | Karpowership (2009– ) |
| Operator | Karpowership |
| Builder | Ishibras Shipyard, Verolme Estaleiros Reunidos do Brasil, Angra dos Reis, Brazil |
| Completed | November 1982 |
| Homeport | Monrovia, Liberia |
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| General characteristics | |
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| Length | 241.89 m (793 ft 7 in) (LOA) |
| Beam | 32.20 m (105 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Installed power | 17,960 hp (13,390 kW) |
| Propulsion | 8-cylinder diesel engines of Type K8 SZ 70/150CL manufactured by Mecânica Pesada Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Speed | 14.0 knots (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph) |
| Capacity | 179 MW generation (as Powership) |
The MV Karadeniz Powership Rauf Bey is a Liberia-flagged Powership, a floating power plant, owned and operated by Karpowership. Built in 1982 in Brazil and christened MV Gulf Grain, she sailed as a bulk carrier under various names and flags until she was acquired to be converted 2009 into a Powership in Turkey. She served in Basra, Iraq supplying electricity to the power grid there.[1] Currently, she supplies electricity to Sudan.
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