“Barbara” (ex. “Barbara Ann”)
Type of vessel: Dry cargo ship
Built: 1969, J.J. Sietas, Hamburg-Neuenfelde, Germany. Yard no: 657. Rebuilt 1983.
Material: Steel
Length: 77.88 meters (lpp 70.70m)
Breadth: 13.05 meters
Draft: 4.00 meters on summer freeboard.
Tonnage: GT 1611, NT 676 (GRT 499)
Mast height: 21.20 meters at 3.5 meter draft, not including antennas.
Main engine: Deutz RBV6M358, 1600bHp/290rpm.
Aux. Engine: 1 x Volvo TAMD 120A DCC, 250 kW with Asea 200 kVA generator. 1 x Volvo TAMD 120A DCC with Stamford 188 kVA. 1 x Deutz RHM517 4-cyl with AvK generator 32 kVA 220/380V as emergency generator. Westfalia ON 616 separator, Hatlapa air compressor.
Cargo capacity: 1479 Dwt, 3052 cbm grain, 2935 cbm bale, 2500 cbm timber. 1 hatch 44.40 x 10.20 m, height in cargo hold about 6.5 m, can take 82 20 foot containers (50 in hold, 32 on deck). McGregor hatches.
Bunkers: Fuel - 112.3 tonnes. 3.75 tonnes/ 24h at 10.5 knots.
Fresh water - 2 x 16 tonnes
Ballast - 953 tonnes
Classification: Germanischer Lloyd + 100 A4, Finnish ice-class 1A, Malta flag. Full GMDSS. Current traffic and flag demands a minimum safe crew of 6.
Equipment: C. Plath gyro-compass, Furuno AD-100 AD transformer, Furuno FR-1401 radar, Furuno FR 1505 radar, 2 x Sailor RT 2048 VHF, Furuno GP-50 navigator, Robertson AP45 autopilot, Atlas echo-sounder, JMC NT-900 navtex, Thrane & Thrane TT-3606E message terminal, Furuno FM 8500 VHF, Furuno FS 1562-15 SSB reciever, Furuno MF DSC-60 terminal/reciever, fax, telex, copying machine, Hatlapa electrical anchor winch, 2 life-rafts.
General arrangement: Captain’s cabin with dayroom/office and separate bathroom, seven single cabins, galley, two messrooms, toilets and showers, lots of storage space.
Position: Trading Hull-Riga.