"Baltic Breeze" (ex "New Sea", ex "Sea Glory", ex "Vänerfjord", ex "Hamnfjord", ex "Westfjord")
Type of vessel: Dry cargo, half shelterdeck, gearless.
Built: 1952, C. LŸhring Schiffswerft GmbH & Co. Kg, Brake/Unterweser, Germany
Material: Steel
Length: 49,48 meters (lengthened 1954)
Breadth: 7,57 meters
Draft: 3,36 meters
Tonnage: 397 GRT 223 NRT Cargo capacity: 600 DWT, 990 m3 grain, and 800 m3 bale, 2 hatches 10,2 x 4,7, 12,3 x 4,7.
Main engine: Alpha 406-24VO, 6 cyl, 270 bhp at 280 rpm
Cruising speed: 8 knots 1.800 litres aÕ day
Bunkers: Fuel - 14 tons Fresh water - 6 tons Lub oil - 200 litres Ballast water - 135 tons
Auxiliary engine: Lister 2-cyl, 12 kW, Lister 2-cyl for ballast-pump and compressor for start-air, Lister 2-cyl 16 kW in forepeak.
Classification: Expired Germanischer Lloyd, engine classed and three tanks are repaired with new tank-tops and surveyed by GL. Two ballast-tanks are remaining but will be rebuilt with 12 mm tank-tops/steel floor during the summer.
General arrangement: Five new cabins and new messroom built under deck in fireproof material. The vessel was trading in the Baltic Sea/North Sea until August 1997. Last dry-dock July 1997. A lot of money has been spent on the vesselÕs underwater parts after a grounding 1997. Propeller, shaft and seals renewed for USD 60.000 in 1991. The vessel has been used very little after that.
Position: The vessel is laid up in Ronneby, Sweden, and is undergoing extensive repair work.