Steve Irwin (ship)

Steve Irwin

The Steve Irwin off Melbourne

Ship data flag  Netherlands other ship names Robert Hunter Westra Ship type trawler Owner Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Shipyard Hall Russell & Company, Aberdeen Commissioning February 1975

Ship dimensions and crew length 59.43 m ( Lüa ) width 10.97 m Draft Max. 4.26 m measurement 1017 GT

Machine system machine Diesel-mechanical Machine performance 3,200 kW (4,351 PS) Top speed 16.5 kn (31 km / h) propeller Controllable pitch propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 517 dw

Others Classifications no class ( Lloyd's Register of Shipping until July 25, 2007) Registration numbers IMO no. 7340370

The Steve Irwin is a former fisheries protection ship that was used by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for their actions and was featured frequently in the documentary Whale Wars .

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The Steve Irwin in the current livery in London

Until it was renamed, the ship was called Robert Hunter (photo from 2007)

The ship was built in 1974/75 by the Hall, Russell & Company shipyard in Aberdeen as the fisheries protection ship Westra of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency . In 2003 the Westra was decommissioned and initially launched . In 2005 the Sea Shepherd organization acquired the ship and had it converted for their own purposes. A helicopter deck and ship cranes for the watering of two RIBs were installed and the fair and berths were adapted to the needs of the organization. Sea Shepherd initially renamed the ship Robert Hunter . Robert Hunter was a Canadian who together with the founder of Sea Shepherd , Paul Watson , in the early days of Greenpeace was active. The ship was renamed from Robert Hunter to Steve Irwin in December 2007 in honor of the documentary filmmaker Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin, who died in 2006 .

In January 2007, following a complaint from Japan, the ship was removed from the UK shipping register. It was then registered in the Netherlands on October 8, 2007 . Most recently, the ship, which is mostly manned by volunteers, was involved in actions against Japanese whalers in the South Pacific in March 2012.

The ship is powered by two engines. These are twelve-cylinder machines with an output of 1,600 kW (2,100 hp). It has a fuel capacity of 200 tons.

In December 2018, the Sea Shepherd Global board of directors decided to part with Steve Irwin. It is broken down under international labor and environmental regulations.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sea Shepherd Renames Its Whale Defending Ship the Steve Irwin . Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, accessed May 3, 2020 . 
2. ^ Guardians of the high seas dock in Williamstown. The Herald Sun , April 15, 2012, accessed April 26, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Steve Irwin pulls out of whaler hunt. The Sydney Morning Herald , March 3, 2012, accessed March 11, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Ship details at Aberdeen Built Ships
5. ↑ Thank you and goodbye STEVE IRWIN! .

Web links

Commons : Steve Irwin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The Fleet - Sea Sheperd Information on the ship at www.seasheperd.org