"Labo" (ex. "Sami", ex. "Northsea
Assistant", ex. "Stril Surveyor", ex. "Terten", ex "Hval III", ex. "Star XI")
Type of vessel: Stand-by safety vessel for offshore installations, ex
whaler, converted to side trawler 1979 and converted to stan-by vessel 1988.
Buildt: 1928 at Nylands Mek. Verksteder (no 289), Oslo, Norway. Lengthened
1949.
Material: Steel
Length: 42,49 meters
Breadth: 7,13 meters
Draft: 4,50 meters
Tonnage: 299 GT 175 NT
Main engine: MaK, 6M451AK, 1100 bhp at 375 rpm, 1965 but fitted 1975,
Hjelseth controllable pitch propeller.
Cruising speed: 12 knots on 2000 litres a' day, max 13,5 knots.
Bunkers: Fuel - 40 tons Fresh water - 10 tons Hydraulic bow-thruster
abt. 300 hp.
Bollard pull: 25 tons according to previous owner.
Auxiliary engine: 2 x Scania D8M01, 380 V/50 kW
Classification: Sao Thome flag and Hellenic Class as stand-by
vessel for world wide trade, valid until 2004. DnV +1A1 until early nineties.
Last dry-dock and ultra sonic test 1998-10-22.
Equipment: Furuno PG-1000 fluxgate compass, magnetic compass,
Decca RM9140 48 nm radar, Robertson VHF 100, Sailor RT2048, Robertson AP45 auto-pilot,
Garmin GPS-120 navigator, Simrad EQ echo-sounder, Sailor T-128 + R106 SSB radio
equipment, 2 x Tron SART, Viking 16 persons life-raft, hydraulic crane. RIB
communication boat with out-board engine.
General arrangement: Wheel-house with chart and radio-room, captains
cabin, chief cabin, mess for ten persons, galley, two toilets, two showers,
three single cabins + one double cabin for the crew, workshop, large ex. hospital-room,
hold for 200 survivals (10 x 6 meters) + two extra single cabins, for-peak with
20 bunks.
Position: Norway or operating in Baltic Sea.
All details given in good faith but not guaranteed.