”Malmö”
Type of vessel: Built as ice-breaking pilot and buoy laying vessel. Today schoolship.
Built: 1943, Helsingborg Shipyard, Sweden.
Material: Steel
Length: 37.05 meters
Breadth: 8.91 meters
Draft: 3,6 meters
Tonnage: 95 NRT, 317 GRT
Main engine: Nohab 4L, 500 bHp/220 rpm. Säffle variable pitch propellers. Reversable main engine.
Aux. engine: 2 x Volvo D96B with Elektro Mekano DV-13 63 kW generators, 220 V, in muffled boxes. 1 x Bolinder 1113M with 25 kW generator, 220V, in muffled boxes. 1 x Iveco Aifo 380 V generator, 1 x Yamaha emergeny generator.
Cruising speed: 8 knots on about 100 litres/hour, top speed 10 knots.
Bunkers: Diesel – 50000 litres
Fresh water – 12000 litres
Septic – 5000 litres
Equipment: Richie fluxgate compass, Furuno FAR-28305 radar with ARPA, Decca 65402 radar, Furuno FM-8500 VHF, Furuno GP-80 GPS-navigator, 2 x Navico portable GMDSS VHF, 2 x 25 man liferafts + 1 x 20 man liferaft, 2 x 600 kg anchors + 1 x 175 kg anchor, anchor windlass.
General arrangement: Five single cabins, four double cabins and four 4-man cabins, large saloon, mess, two galleys, toilets and shower, cargo holds and plenty of stores.
Vessel is in good technical condition but poorly maintained. Last drydock with rudder and shaft checking was in spring 2002. Last ultrasonic survey in 1999 gave very good values, mostly 10mm and thicker. She is a good ice-breaker.
Position: Malmö, south Sweden.