Polar-Bear (ex "Guardian", ex "Condor", ex "Anna-Hendrika", ex "Ondur",
ex "RIWA")
Type of vessel: Ex trawler, ex stand-by safety vessel, today passengership.
Built: 1963, Schiffswerft Julius Diedrich GmbH & Co, Oldersum, Germany.
Converted from fishing vessel 1979 and to passenger ship in Sweden
1995.
Material: Steel
Length: 33,54 meters
Breadth: 6,86 meters
Draft: 2,35 meters
Tonnage: 194 GRT 69 NRT
Main engine: Kromhout, 8 cyl, 412 kW at 750 rpm, Brevo reduction gear, adjustable
pitch propeller.
Cruising speed: 10 knots at 45 litres/hour, max. speed 12-13 knots.
Bunkers: Fuel - 35 m3 Fresh water - 22 m3 Sewage - 3 m3 stainless steel
tank
Auxiliary engine: Lister 3 cyl, 41 hp, Parkinsson generator 15 kW/110 Volt, rotating
transformer 5,5 kVA 220/380 Volt (new 1991)
Bow thruster: Detroit diesel 150 hp
Classification: Built to BV-class, as stand-by safety vessel she had Lloyds Special
Service Deep Sea I 3/3, in Sweden certificate for 75 passengers.
Equipment: Furuno FR 8050 DA radar (1990), Sailor RT 144C VHF, Robertsson
AP45 navigator, Garmin GPS 120 navigator, Seffle van Voorden hydraulic
steering, Viking 8 men life raft, 2 x RFD 10 life rafts, anchor
windlass, new heater 1997 for central heating. 3 x 45 kg CO2-
firefighting equipment in the engine room.
General arrangement: Wheel house with small mess, captains + chief engineer cabins,
6 bunks in the aft peak, 12 bunks in the hold + two double cabins,
seats for 20 conference guests in the hold, saloon for 25 - 30
dining guests, restaurant galley, bar/reception, two toilets and
two showers.
Position: Lule, Sweden, close to the Arctic Circle in the Gulf of Bothnia
All details given in good faith but not guaranteed.