Valdivia (ship, 1961)

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Valdivia
Valdivia 1994 on the Elbe
Valdivia 1994 on the Elbe
Ship data
flag GermanyGermany Germany
other ship names

Vikingbank (1961–1970)
Commander Jack (1999–2013)

Ship type Research ship
Shipyard AG Weser, Seebeck plant , Bremerhaven
Launch February 9, 1961
Whereabouts Scrapped in 2013
Ship dimensions and crew
length
75.29 m ( Lüa )
width 11 m
Draft Max. 5.25 m
measurement 1318 GT / 395 NRZ
 
crew 12
Machine system
machine 1 × MAN six-cylinder four-stroke engine (type: G 6 V 52/74 A)
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		1,589 kW (2,160 hp)
Top
speed 		13 kn (24 km / h)
propeller 1 × controllable pitch propeller
Transport capacities
Load capacity 509 dw
Permitted number of passengers 14 scientists
4 additional places
Data as Commander Jack
flag

BahamasBahamas (trade flag) Bahamas

home port

Nassau

Callsign

C6QT2

Others
Classifications Germanic Lloyd
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 5380376

The Valdivia was a German research ship that was initially built as a stern catcher and put into service.

history

The ship was built in 1961 under construction number 863 on the AG Weser, Seebeck plant in Bremerhaven and delivered to the Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG, Bremerhaven. It entered service as the Vikingbank with the fishing license number BX 682.

The keel of the ship was laid on October 25, 1960, the launch took place on February 9, 1961. The ship was completed on May 15, 1961.

The ship was propelled by a six - cylinder four - stroke diesel engine built by MAN with an output of 1,589  kW , with which it could reach a top speed of 13  knots . The ship also had a bow thruster .

On March 16, 1970, the ship was sold to the Unterweser Reederei in Bremen and converted into a research ship for maritime raw material research at the Elsflether shipyard by the end of the year . The new name of the ship became the traditional one of the old Valdivia . In 1973, the ship went to the VTG supply shipping, one year later to the shipping partnership MS Valdivia and 1975 finally to the RF Reederei Community Forschungsschiffahrt in Bremen, which until 1999 Fleet operated . It has been used in various areas of marine geophysics , marine geology , oceanography, and prospecting (especially manganese nodules ). The focus of the raw material exploration was in the central Pacific, in the Red Sea, in Southeast Asia and in sea areas off East and West Africa.

The Valdivia has belonged to the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg since 1982 and was used by the Center for Marine and Climate Research at the University of Hamburg .

Whereabouts of the ship

Commander Jack (ex. Valdivia )

On July 19, 1999, the ship was sold to Hays Ships Nassau (Bahamas). The name of the ship, which was initially operated jointly by Hays Ships in Aberdeen and the company FUGRO OSAE (formerly OSAE Offshore Survey and Engineering Society for Sea Surveying) in Bremen, which is now part of Fugro , has since been Commander Jack . The ship was scrapped in early 2013.

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