Solea (ship, 1974)

Solea

Solea at the Kiel Sea Fish Market (1975)

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type Fisheries research cutter Shipyard Siegholtwerft , Bremerhaven Whereabouts off-duty

Ship dimensions and crew length 35.40 m ( Lüa ) width 9.00 m Draft Max. 3.60 m measurement 347 GT   crew 11

Machine system machine 1 × Deutz diesel engine (type: SBA 6 M 528) Machine performance 640 kW (870 hp) Top speed 12 kn (22 km / h) propeller 1 × controllable pitch propeller

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 5 scientists

Others IMO no. 7349089

The Solea is a former German fisheries research cutter .

history

The ship was built in 1974 as hull number 162 at the Siegholt shipyard in Bremerhaven . The keel was laid on June 25th, the launch on December 21st, 1973. The delivery to the then Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forests took place on May 29th, 1974. It closed the gap in the area of ​​research work in the fishing areas of small deep-sea fishing or . of coastal fishing, for which the Federal Republic of Germany did not yet have a research vessel. Research trips in this area were mainly carried out with the help of chartered commercial fishing boats before the Solea was commissioned .

The ship was powered by a six - cylinder four - stroke diesel engine from Deutz AG (model SBA 6 M 528) with an output of 640  kW , which acted on a controllable pitch propeller .

The Solea , which was primarily used in the North and Baltic Seas , was designed as a stern catcher without a tow. At the time the research cutter was put into service, the German cutter fleet still consisted almost entirely of side catchers. In the meantime, the rear catcher has become generally accepted in the fishing cutters because of the advantages in handling the trawl gear. The Solea had a universal laboratory for scientific work and was equipped for the use of shear nets and beam trawls .

Due to the changed tasks in fisheries research and the expansion of the Solea's operational areas in the Baltic Sea (especially after reunification in 1990), the ship was decommissioned after 30 years of service in June 2004 and replaced by a new building of the same name .

Whereabouts

After decommissioning, the ship was sold and converted into a motor yacht at the Peterswerft in Wewelsfleth within 14 months . Since 2005 the ship has been used as Solea , now under the flag of St. Vincent and the Grenadines with home port Kingstown , mainly in the Mediterranean and driven by a crew of up to seven people . There is space for up to 12 passengers in six cabins on board.

Namesake of the ship

Solea was named after sole , the Latin name of which is Solea solea .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Container ships and yachts from Wewelsfleth (PDF; 668 kB) , in: Shipbuilding Industry. No. 2/2006, pp. 24-25.