Bob Barker (ship)

Bob Barker

The Bob Barker in the current livery

Ship data flag  Togo (until May 2010) Netherlands (since May 2010)   Ship type Whaling ship since 2010: Action ship with helicopter deck Owner Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Shipyard Cochrane & Sons, Selby takeover 1950 Whereabouts In motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 52.24 m ( Lüa ) Draft Max. 5.95 m measurement 488 GT   crew 30th

Machine system machine diesel-electric Machine performance 3,000 PS (2,206 kW) Top speed 18 kn (33 km / h) propeller 1

Others Registration numbers IMO no. 5280540

The Bob Barker is a former whaling ship used by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for actions. The ship sails under the Dutch flag.

history

The Bob Barker in an Australian Port (2011)

The ship was built in 1950 with a measurement of around 1,200 GRT as the whaling ship Pol XIV and used in Norway. In 1966 the ship was renamed Volstad Jr. and in 1997 Polaris before Sea Shepherd bought the ship incognito. The purchase and the subsequent retrofitting were financed by a donation of US television presenter Bob Barker in the amount of 5,000,000 dollars. The ship was transferred to Togo and rebuilt there. It was also repainted there. According to Sea Shepherd, the ship has a powerful engine and an ice-reinforced hull .

Barker also financed a helicopter, which also has a helicopter deck on the Bob Barker . The helicopter was christened Nancy Burnets , president of the United Activists for Animal Rights , an organization that Barker also supports.

The ship officially joined the Sea Shepherd fleet in December 2009 and is featured frequently in the documentary Whale Wars . The ship was registered in Togo during the organization's anti-whaling campaign in 2009/2010. In May 2010 the Bob Barker received the Dutch flag.

Operations

The Bob Barker was one of the ships used in 2009 in Antarctica during protests against Japanese whalers. During the protests, a Japanese whaler collided with Ady Gil, who was also involved in the campaign and sank as a result. All six crew members of the Ady Gil were picked up by the Bob Barker after the collision .

On February 20, 2013, during Operation Zero Tolerance , the Bob Barker was trapped during a disruptive maneuver between the Nisshin Maru and the Sun Laurel , a tanker. The ship was damaged and, according to the captain, was about to capsize, so it made a Mayday emergency call .

Others

The Bob Barker has a fuel capacity of 540 tons.

Web links

Commons : Bob Barker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ship information on the Sea Shepherd website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Investigation report Ady Gil and Shonan Maru No. 2. (PDF; 4.9 MB) Maritime New Zealand, archived from the original on August 19, 2015 ; accessed on May 11, 2012 . 
2. ↑ The Bob Barker Goes Dutch. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, accessed April 19, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Activists collide with whaling fleet , Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 6, 2010.
4. ^ Report of the Taz , accessed on February 21, 2013.