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QUEEN BEETLE High Speed Passenger Jet Ferry in the Kanmon Straits |
Ship's Name: QUEEN BEETLE
Vessel Type - Generic: High Speed Craft
Vessel Type - Detailed: High Speed Passenger Jet Ferry
MMSI: 431736000
Call Sign: 7KLX
Flag: Japan [JP]
Gross Tonnage: 2582
Summer DWT: 115 t
Length Overall: 83.42 meters
Breadth Extreme: 20.46 m
Built: 2020
IMO: 9874777
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QUEEN BEETLE a JR Kyushu ship - high speed passenger jet ferry vessel in Moji |
The Queen Beetle unexpectedly passed thru the Kanmon Straits on April 10, 2022. It was photographed by Ship Freakazoid with an Olympus E-520 DSLR camera equipped with a Zuiko 150mm lens. The idiots that they are, JR Kyushu has the name Queen Beetle plastered all over the ship. The name they choose sounds more like rock bands than a ship's name, too. Oh well, ho hum, it was still fun to see it as it chugged slowly thru the Kanmon Strait between Moji in Garden Paradise Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki City.
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Queen Beetle passing by the factories of Kokura in Garden Paradise Kitakyushu |