”Amerika” (ex RS 80)
Type of vessel: Norwegian rescue ship in service until 2004.
Built: 1971, Hjørungavåd Verksted AS, equipped at Smedvik Mek Verksted AS, Norway.
Material: Steel, aluminium superstructure.
Length: 22.85 meters
Beam: 6.00 meters
Draft: 3.00 meters (moulded draft 3.60 m)
Displacement: 138 tons with full bunkers.
Tonnage: 90 GT
Main engine: 2 x Scania DSI 14, 390 kW each. Mekanord 337 HS gearbox with reduction 4.14:1. Helseth 360 variable pitch propellers. 7000 running hours since installation in 1994.
Aux. engine: 1 x Isuzu 6BD1, 41 kW, 7500 running hours. 1 x Marna 1622, 15 kW, 22000 hours.
Cruising speed: 10,5-11 knots.
Bow thruster: Helseth TH3, 90 kW.
Bunkers: Diesel – 24500 litres
Fresh water – 5500 litres
Septic – 1000 litres
As rescue ship held classification DnV +1A1 – R280.
