MS Crux

At 5,231 gross tons, MS Crux is the 43,765th largest of the 84,014 vessels in this registry that report a tonnage. The median across that set is 5,994 GT. The largest measures 499,167 GT.

Among the 58,086 vessels this registry holds no type classification for held here, it ranks 25,042nd by tonnage — larger than 50% of that group. Their median tonnage is 5,358 GT, and the largest tenth begin at 54,309 GT. The flag most often flown by this group is Panama (5,698 ships). The yard that appears most often against it is HD Hyundai Mipo, with 615 hulls on record.

Norway is the country of registry for 3,032 vessels in this directory, of which MS Crux is the 933rd largest by tonnage. The most common class under that flag is vessels this registry holds no type classification for (2,126 ships), and the median vessel measures 3,102 GT. Browse every ship flagged Norway.

Narrowing to both dimensions at once, this registry holds 2,126 vessels this registry holds no type classification for flying the Norway flag, of which 651 are larger by tonnage.

MS Crux was built in 1944, making it 82 years old. It is one of 174 hulls in this registry delivered that year, a cohort whose median tonnage is 7,176 GT; within it this ship is the 25th largest. Across the whole of the 1940s the registry holds 1,039 vessels, median 4,053 GT. The median build year across the entire registry is 1995.

At 125.7 m overall, MS Crux is 10.7 m longer than the 115.0 m median for vessels this registry holds no type classification for on record, with a beam of 18.3 m and a draft of 7.6 m.

Its IMO number, 6344771, carries its own check digit. The first six digits are weighted seven down to two and summed — 6×7 + 3×6 + 4×5 + 4×4 + 7×3 + 7×2 = 131 — and the last digit of that total, 1, must equal the seventh digit, 1. It does, so this number is well formed.