{{Infobox ship |display_title=ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = BBC California July 2015 Hudson River.jpg | image_caption = ''BBC California'' on the Hudson River in 2015 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name =*''BBC California'' (2011–)<ref name="equasis" /> *''Fraternity'' (2011) *''Beluga Fraternity'' (2008–2011) | owner = | operator = Beluga Shipping GmbH<ref name="gl">{{csr|register=GL|id=112438|shipname=BBC California|accessdate=2012-04-17}}</ref> | registry = St. John's, {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}<ref name="gl" /> | route = | ordered = | builder = CSC Jiangdong Shipyard, Wuhu, People's Republic of China<ref name="gl" /> | original_cost = | yard_number = JD12000-8<ref name="gl" /> | way_number = | laid_down = 28 April 2007<ref name="gl" /> | launched = 18 August 2007<ref name="gl" /> | completed = 28 February 2008<ref name="gl" /> | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | identification =*{{IMO Number|9402055}} *Call sign: V2DD6<ref name="gl" /> *{{MMSI|305177000}}<ref name="equasis">{{csr|register=E|id=9402055|shipname=BBC California|accessdate=2012-04-17}}</ref> | fate = | status = In service<ref name="equasis" /> | notes = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = <ref name="gl" /> | class = | type = General cargo ship | tonnage = *{{GT|9,611}} *{{NetT|4,260}} *{{DWT|12,672}} | length = {{convert|138.05|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|21.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = | draft = {{convert|8.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | depth = {{convert|11.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = GL E3 | sail_plan = | power = Caterpillar 6M43C (5,400&nbsp;kW) | propulsion =*Single shaft; controllable-pitch propeller *Bow thruster (500&nbsp;kW) | speed = {{convert|15|kn}} | capacity = {{TEU|665}} | crew = | notes = }} }}

'''''BBC California''''', before 2011 known as '''''Beluga Fraternity''''' and briefly '''''Fraternity''''', is a German general cargo ship owned by Beluga Shipping. In 2009 she and her sister ship, {{ship||Beluga Foresight}}, transited the Northern Sea Route while carrying power plant components from Ulsan, South Korea, to the Russian port of Vladivostok.<ref name=NYTimes2009-09-04>{{cite news|url=http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/commercial-arctic-passage-nearing-goal/|title=Commercial Arctic Passage Nearing Goal|date=2009-09-04|author=Andrew Revkin|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2009-09-05}}</ref> The voyage was widely covered and sometimes incorrectly said to be the first time when non-Russian ships make the transit.<ref name="NYTimes2009-07-28">{{cite news|url=http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/era-of-trans-arctic-shipping-nigh/|title=Era of Trans-Arctic Shipping Nigh|date=2009-07-28| author=Andrew Revkin| work=The New York Times|accessdate=2012-04-17}}</ref><ref> {{cite news |url=http://www.latercera.com/contenido/678_182097_9.shtml |title=Derretimiento de los hielos en el Artico abre codiciada ruta marítima |trans-title=Melting ice in the Arctic seaway opens coveted: Two German freighters that traveled from South Korea to Siberia, managed to cross the mythical Northeast Passage, along the Russian coast |publisher=Latercera |date=2009-09-15 |accessdate=2011-12-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617065001/http://www.latercera.com/contenido/678_182097_9.shtml |archivedate=2012-06-17 }}

</ref><ref> {{cite news |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.6772070 |title=Første skip gjennom Nordøstpassasjen |trans-title=The first ship through the Northwest Passage |publisher=NRK |date=2009-09-12 |accessdate=2011-12-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107224810/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.6772070 |archivedate=2014-01-07 }}

</ref><ref> {{cite news |url=http://www.8sutun.com/haberdetay.asp?tarih=17.12.2010&Newsid=50021&Categoryid=11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507102131/http://www.8sutun.com/haberdetay.asp?tarih=17.12.2010&Newsid=50021&Categoryid=11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-05-07 |title=Gemilerin rotasını değiştiren gelişme |trans-title=Development that changes the course of the vessels |publisher=Sütun |date=2010-12-17 |accessdate=2011-12-28 }}

</ref> In 1997, a Finnish oil tanker, ''Uikku'', sailed the length of the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to the Bering Strait, becoming the first Western ship to complete the voyage.<ref name=NYTimes2009-09-04 />

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