 CMA CGM Vasco de Gama ride up river Elbe in September 2015
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| History |
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| Name | CMA CGM Vasco de Gama |
| Namesake | Vasco de Gama |
| Owner | CHC Second Shipping SA |
| Operator | CMA CGM |
| Port of registry | London,  United Kingdom[1] |
| Builder | Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry, China[1] |
| Yard number | H6002 |
| Completed | 27 July 2015[1] |
| In service | 2015 |
| Identification | |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics [1] |
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| Type | Container ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 399.2 m (1,309 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 54 m (177 ft 2 in) |
| Draft | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
| Depth | 29.9 m (98 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | MAN B&W, Licence Cssc Mes Diesel Shanghai diesel engine, (63,910 kW) |
| Propulsion | Single shaft; screw propeller Solid |
| Speed | 22.9 knots (42.4 km/h; 26.4 mph) |
| Capacity | 17,859 TEU |
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Container ship CMA CGM Vasco da Gama in the port of Hamburg in September 2015
CMA CGM Vasco de Gama is an Explorer-class container ship built for CMA CGM. It is named after Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama.
CMA CGM had originally planned to name the ship after Benjamin Franklin.[1]
The ship was delivered in July 2015, it is among the world's largest containerships, at 17,859 TEU.
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