MN Paraíso del Río
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The MN Paraíso del Río in 1980.
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History | |
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Creeperopolis | |
Name: | Paraíso del Río |
Namesake: | Lenca River |
Operator: | Azavedo Empresa Automobilistica |
Port of registry: | La'Unión |
Builder: | Díaz–Mori Shipbuilding |
Yard number: | 98–33 |
Way number: | 4 |
Laid down: | 12 January 1975 |
Launched: | 5 July 1977 |
Completed: | 27 February 1978 |
In service: | 11 May 1978 |
Out of service: | 29 November 1984 |
Identification: | |
Nickname(s): | MN Silvestre |
Fate: | Hijacked by the Creeperian Mafia |
Status: | Missing for 39 years, 155 days |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Car transporter |
Tonnage: | 60,175 tons |
Displacement: | 19,086 tons |
Length: | 653 feet (199 meters) |
Beam: | 105 feet (32 meters) |
Height: | 118 feet (36 meters) |
Decks: | 14 |
Speed: | 18 knots |
Capacity: | 835 vehicles |
Crew: | 180 |
The MN Paraíso del Río (literally: "Paradise of the River"), also known as the VM Paraíso do Rio and nicknamed the MN Silvestre, was a car transport ship which was operated by Azavedo Empresa Automobilistica from 1978 until 1984. The ship was used by the car company to transport newly produced Azavedo 8s from its manufacturing facility in Santiago Texacuangos to locations in multiple Creeperian cities to sell the cars.