presently employed until medio october 2004.

Vessel built to German Lloyds Class + 100 A4 (E) for worldwide operations and specially designed for servicing oil drilling rigs, having twin screws with Kort Nozzles, twin rudders and bow thrust unit.
Vessel is equipped for towing and anchor handling and has an indicated HP of 2615 with a bollard pull of 28 tons.

Length overall: 178.81 ft (54,50 m)
Moulded breadth: 36.09 ft (11,00 m)
Moulded depth: 12.96 ft (3,95 m)
Draught loaded (summer): 11.75 ft (3,58 m)
Draught lightship: 6.89 ft (2,00 m)
Deadweight (summer): 715 tons
Gross tonnage: 488.30 tons
Net tonnage: 166.86 tons

Cargo capacity:

Deadweight: 715 tons (788 sh/t) at summer load draught
Deck cargo: stability is sufficient to carry up to 329 tons (363 sh/t)
Clear deck area: 220 sg. m (2,366 sq.ft)
Clear deck length: 26.5 m (87 ft)
Clear deck breadth: 8.3 m (27.2 ft)
Potable water: 158.4 cbm (41,844 US galls)
Fuel oil specific tanks: 219.7 cbm (58,038 US galls)
Fuel oil incl. dual tanks: 319.1 cbm (84,296 US galls)
Drill water specific tanks: 195.2 cbm (51,566 US galls)
Drill water incl. dual tanks: 294.6 cbm (77,824 US galls)

Refrigerated storage capicity:

Deep freeze: 7 cbm (250cu. ft) at -18'C = 0'F
Cool room: 9 cbm (320cu. ft) at +4'C = 39'F

Accommodation:

Officers: 4 single berth cabins
Crew: 5 two berth cabin
Passengers: accommodation unit German Lloyds Class. 6 two berth cabins, showers, toilets, and recreation room.

Airconditioning:

Vessel is fully airconditioned for hot and cold climates.

Wheelhouse:

Of special design with two complete remote controle of main engines and bow thrust unit.

Navigational equipment:

Includes radar, direction finder, A.P. navigator, autopilot, gyrocompass, echosounder, transducers 210/33 kHz, SSB radio telephone and VHF telephone, navtex

Anchors and cables:

Two 907 kg (2,000 lbs) bow anchors each with 349 (1,146 ft) of 32 mkm (1 1/4") steel chain cable. One 907 kg (2,000 lbs) spare anchor.

3 tons S.W.L. deck winch is situated amidships.

Combined heavy duty anchor and towing winch:

A double drum 80 tons S.W.L. heavy duty winch is fitted together with pendant wires, towing wires, nylon stretcher, etc.

Tow bars:

Portable tow bars are supplied for use when towing.

Bollard pull:

28 tons (30.8 sht/tons)

Stern roller:

A heavy duty 120 tons (264,000 lbs) S.W.L. 1.52 m (5 ft) diameter stern roller is fitted. Stern opening of 6 m (19 ft 8 ins) is made up of 2.95 m (9 ft 8 ins) roller and aprons of similar diameter to enable heavy anchors to be pulled on deck without the use of an A-frame.

A-Frame:

Footings for installation of an A-frame are provided.

Propulsion:

Two MwM TB 12 RS 18/22 diesel engines are fitted, giving a total of 1900 BHP continuous ratings and 2090 BHP of maximum rating.

Auxiliaries:

Three generators driven by seperate engines producing each 112 KW 220/380 volt AC 50 cycles.

Cargo pumps:

Portable water: 79.5 cbm/hr at 61m head (21.000 US galls./hr at 200 ft head)
Drill water: 79.5 cbm/hr at 61m head (21.000 US galls./hr at 200 ft head)
Fuel: 54.13 cbm/hr at 61m head (14.300 US galls./hr at 200 ft head)
Fire fighting pump: 39.75 cbm/hr at 61m head (10.500 US galls./hr at 200 ft head)
Spare pump: 30.28 cbm/hr at 61m head (8.000 US galls./hr at 200 ft head)

Bow thrust unit:

In the forepart of the vessel there us a transverse Tornado type bow thrust unit installed driven by electric motor with an output of 200 BHP giving a maximum thrust of 2,5 tons (5,500 lbs).

Speed:

Cruising: 11.3 knots
Maximum: 12.2 knots