SOLD TO BEQUIA, ST. VINCENT.
”Austråt”
Type of vessel: Car & passenger ferry.
Built: 1972, Trønderverftet, Hommelvik, Norway.
Material: Steel
Loa: 51.60 meters.
Lpp 46.15 meters.
Beam: 9.60 meters
Draft: 3.40 meters
Moulded draft: 4.30 meters.
Tonnage: 517 GRT, 121 NRT
Main engine: Wärtsilä Wichman 6 AX, 2 stroke diesel, 1500 bHp, Wichman 9AC 120 four-bladed adjustable pitch propeller.
Aux. engine: 1 x Bedford 46b, Stamford generator 56kW/1500 rpm
1 x Bedford 46b, DAE GA4-745 generator 56kW/1500 rpm
Bow thruster: Brunwoll SPK 250 bHp.
Cruising speed: 11.5 knots on 140 litres/hour
Bunkers: Diesel – 2 x 37000 litres
Fresh water – 2 x 13000 litres
Septic – large bottom tank, volume unknown
Equipment: Iversen magnetic compass, Raccal-Decca 970 BT radar, Decca Bridgemaster radar, Sailor RT 143 VHF, 2 x Motorola GP-300 portable VHFs, Motorola cell-phone. TV-surveillance on aft deck.
General arrangement: Small office aft of wheelhouse with entry to the top saloon with table seats for 150 passengers. Cafeteria on top deck with fridge/freezer, dishwasher and coffee maker. Large sun deck aft of saloon. Six toilets and crew shower in port staircase. Below car deck is a saloon with 180 table seats and a cafeteria with two stoves with oven, microwave, dishwasher and fridge/freezer. Small nursing room in connection with saloon. Fore of saloon is the crew areas with five single cabins and three double cabins, mess/galley and dayroom.
Classification: Certificates for 190 passengers (has been certified for 300 passengers). Car capacity about 40 cars in three lanes. Max free height on car deck 4.30 meter, max axle load 12 tonnes and max deck load 190 tonnes.