”KBV 591”
Type of vessel: Griffon 2000 TDX coast guard hovercraft.
Built: 1992, Griffon Hovercraft Ltd., Southhampton, UK. Hull no: 022.
Material: Aluminium, GRP superstructure. 20 watertight compartments, twin keels.
Length: 11.7 meters.
Beam: 5.9 meters hovering (2.25 m with folded up sides to enable shipment in a 40' container).
Hover height: 0.5 meters.
Air draft: 3.2 meters, 3.7 meters hovering.
Displacement: 3.1 tons light ship.
Cargo capacity: Maximum total weight 5.6 tons including passengers, fuel and cargo. Max 11 persons including crew.

Main engine: Deutz BF8L513, air cooled diesel engine, 235 kW/2300 rpm. About 2000 running hours. Variable pitch, four-bladed Hoffman propeller in nozzle with three side rudders and five vertical rudders. Lift fan of centrifugal type. Horizontal trim can also be achieved with the winch powered skirt trim system. HDL skirt system, 10-20 minutes required for a skirt change. Racor fuel filter. Fixed CO2 fire suppression in engine bay.
Aux. engine: Honda gasoline genset, 2 kVA/230V, in box on deck.
Bunkers: Diesel – 2 x 386 litres.
Range: 450 NM.
Cruising speed: Around 15 knots. Top speed 35 knots, can be increased up to 50 knots if conditions are right.
Fuel consumption: 30-50 litres/hour in normal operation.

Nav. equipment: Morse engine controls, Furuno 1832 GaAs radar, Silva Power Navigate GPS-compass with log, Demek RS 8000 VHF, Silva magnetic compass, Furuno Gyro compass with AD-105 AD-converter. Autonnic wind instrument, 2 x manual searchlights, 2 x headlights + 3 x Xenon headlights. Electric front windows with wipers, rear view mirrors.

Equipment: Webasto diesel heater and QL defroster, 2 x 24V starter & consumption batteries, 220V shore connector. Victron Skylla TG 220-24V/25A battery charger, manual bilge pump, 24V wire-winch. 6-person Viking life raft. Anchor with chain in hatch on deck. Four lifting points.
A Edmolift TPH 6000, 6 ton hydraulic lift table is included.

General arrangement: 2 x dampened KAB-chairs for captain, navigator and one passenger. Seating for 9 passengers on two benches. Table in center and small galley with Wallas electric stove and sink. Stores and a previous WC used as store room.
Classification: Swedish government vessel, as such not certified by any external classification society. Swedish flag. Serviced in accordance with coast-guard protocol, last 5-year service was done 12/2006. Sound level measurement was done in 2004 and gave a time-averaged sound level of ~76 dB. The craft is very well documented.
Örnsköldsvik, North Sweden.

Price: Best Offer.

All details given in good faith but not guaranteed.