M/V Miss BJ, formerly M/V Jeleta at Nassau’s Prince George’s Dock where cruise ships, like the Carnival Cruise Lines ship in background, dock.
Source: http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20M/slides/Miss%20BJ-01.jpg
MAILBOAT NAME: M/V Miss BJ
PAST NAMES: M/V Sambre, M/V Jeleta
DIMENSIONS: 152′ long by 24.9′ wide by 8.5′ deep, 299 or 330 gross tons, 9 knots, 335 b.h.p., IMO # 6523133
CONSTRUCTION: steel
YEAR BUILT: 1965
BUILDER: Apol A., Scheepswerf C.V.,Wirdum, Netherlands
EARLY CAREER: served European coastal ports and rivers from 1965 – 1973 under the ownership
![]() | Kamp’s Scheepvaart En Handelsmaatschappij N.V., Groningen, Netherlands |
BAHAMAS CAREER: served as mailboat from Nassau to unknown Bahama Islands
CAPTAINS: not known
OWNERS: between 1990 and 1999 Trans-Bahama Shipping Limited, possibly also Mail & Ferry Services M.V.B.S. appears to have owned her when she was M/V Jeleta
SOURCE: http://mtaintranet.weebly.com/uploads/1/5/6/6/15660628/mailboats.pdf
M/V Miss BJ in her original name (1965 – 1973) or M/V Sambre
Source: http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?218991