”Ylva af Käringön” (ex. ”Ylva”)
Type of vessel: Ice-breaking passenger ship.
Built: 1951, De Haan & Oerlemaan, Hausclen, The Netherlands.
Material: Steel.
Length: 26.54 meters loa (23.20 m i free-board).
Beam: 6.09 meters.
Draft: about 2.50 meters (moulded draft: 2.65 m).
Tonnage: 94 GT, 28 NT.
Displacement: About 100 tons.
Main engine: Grenaa 6F 24T, 405 kW/550 rpm. Engine installed new 1973 with about 60.000 total running hours. Variable pitch propeller. Main engine is well maintained and in good condition.
Aux. engine: Perkins/GM Marine Diesel with 15 kVA generator.
Cruising speed: 10-12 knots at 315 rpm on 45-50 litres/hour.
Bunkers: Diesel – 3.000 litres.
Fresh water – 2.000 litres.
Septic – 2.000 litres.
Classification: Swedish Maritime Administration, 198 passengers in E class area, expires may 19 2011 with intermediate surveys. 450 mm freeboard. Previously held certificates for 300 passengers. Last hull survey done in 2005, deck and bulkheads where measured in 2006. Stability booklet issued and approved in December 1999.
Equipment: C. Weilbach magnetic compass, Ritchie MD 200B fluxgate compass, Furuno FR 1505 Mark-3 radar, Shipmate RS 8000 VHF + Furuno FM-8500 VHF, Furuno RDP 139 Navnet chart plotter with C-map charts, Furuno GP-35 GPS navigator, Tenfjord quick steering, Seffle rudder indicator, Moncaor PA-880 pa-system, 4 x 50 person life rafts.
General arrangement: Small ticket office by the main entrance on port side. Main saloon holds about 60 seated passengers. The aft saloon holds another 34 passenger seats. Small aft deck under roof, holds two WCs and the stairs to the large topdeck with seating for 75 passengers on life vest containers. All areas below deck have been stripped of interior, sandblasted and painted. Aft of engine room is a large store room, 5.5 meters long. Below deck in fore is the former crew accomodations of about 40 square meters. The forepeak, which is 3.5 m long with full standing height is accessed from deck hatch.
Position: Djupvik Shipyard, Sweden.