SS Thorfinn's Specifications

• Length, overall 170ft / 58m
• Beam 30ft / 10m
• Draft17ft / 5.5m
• Displacement: 1,100 tons
• Fuel Capacity: 100,000 gals
• Consumption/Speed: 7 tons/day &12 kts, 11 tons/day @ 17 kts.
• Water Capacity: 18,000 gals
• Cruising Range: 12,000 naut. miles @ 12 knots cruising
• Maximum Speed: 17 knots

Original Construction:

• Stord Shipyards, Norway, 1954 - as Ice Class Antarctic whaler

Major Reconstruction:

• Batangas, Philippines 2008 - major repairs, internal/external rebuildings
• Batangas, Philippines, 2005 - steel replacement / renewal, extensive renovations
• Cairns, Australia, 1995/6 - extensive renovations, upgrades
• Vancouver, B.C., 1977 - to Charter cruiser

Accommodations / Facilities:

• 11 double occupancy rooms for 22 guests.
• 13 Toilets, 11 Showers, eight in private facility guest rooms.
• 'A' deck with topside controls, electronics mast.
• 'B'deck with navigation bridge forward, chartroom/business center, liferafts, emergency beacons, dive launch storage, aft sun deck with lounge chairs and shade canopy.
• 'C' deck Guest Lounge seating 30 persons, bar, DVD and reading library, surround sound CD/player with I-pod connex, 44in. multi System Plasma TV, guest PC with SatCom Internet. Guestrooms 9,10,11.
• 'C' deck Spa Area with 11 person spa, 2 camera service/storage tables, adjacent deck chairs.
• 'D' deck forward interior with Dining Room, 5 tables seating 26 persons, view windows, galley, bookcase.
• 'D' deck aft interior with Boatique (Handicrafts, t-shirts, post cards, dive service center, steering flat. Guestrooms 1,2,3.
• 'D' deck exterior with Port / Starbrd dive decks each with shower, rinse tub, filling station, tank racks, gear bins.
• 'E' deck with Guest rooms 4,5,6,7,8.

Communications:

• 1 x Icom IC-M 700 Med. Freq. SSB radio telephones
• 1 x Icom IC-M 80 25w VHF radio telephone
• 1 x Sailor RT 144 25 wVHF radio telephone
• 3x Standard Horizon 25w VHF radio telephones, 2 located on dive launches
• 1 x Alden Marinefax IV weather facsimile unit
• 1 x Kenwood R-2000 multi-band radio receiver
• 4 x standard Mod. HX 250S hand held portable VHF r/t's
• 1 x Trimble Galaxy Sentinel Inmarsat-C Comsat terminal
• 1x JRC JUE-410F Inmarsat Fleet F77 Comsat terminal
• 1 x Globe Wireless i4 Integrator for Iridium, F77, and IOP Internet Broadband provisos for guest and ship use.

Machinery:

1. Main Engine: Fredriksstad Mek 4 cyl. double compound steam reciprocating - 2,500 h.p. @ 140 rpm
2. Boilers: 2 x Foster Wheeler D type 18,000 lbs./hr @ 250 psi, 600 deg F superheat).

Generators:

1. 2 x Yanmar 6HAL-DTN diesels driving Marathon 250 kw 220 VAC 3 phs 60Hz generators
2. 1 x Mitsubishi aux generator driving 40 kw 220 VAC 3 phs 60 Hz generator Ships power supply is both 220 and 110 V single and 3 phs 60 Hz outlets.

Pumps:

1. Steam: 1 x 12 in. , 1x 8 in., 2x 3 in. Gen. Service
2. Electric: 3 x 2 in.
3. Gasoline fire pump: 1 x 2 in. Standby Emergency
4. Oily water separator: REC Boss 107 system

Navigation:

1. GPS: 2 x Magellan Nav DLX-10
2. Radars: 2 x Furuno Model 1954C 15kw radars feeding Navnet VX2 GD -1920C color video plotters.
3. Main Compass: Comnav G230M GPS on an AMI-GMV KW 941-D stepper retransmitter unit
4. Gyro Pilot:Wagner Mk IV
5. Loran: Si-tex Koden Loran C 797
6. Sonar: Furuno Network sounder Model ETR-6/10N

Water Generators:

• Component built R / O system producing (2,500 gals / day)

Air Conditioning:

• 8 individual systems with combined 30 tons output capacity

Propeller:

• Kort Design 4 blade Superston, 12' 6" diam x 13' 6" pitch.

Anchors:

• 2 x 3,800 lbs ea. stockless with 8 shots (64 fms) of 1 3/4" stud link chain)

Dive Air Compressors:

• 1 x Bauer Model K 15 units producing 21 cfm to 5000 psi)
• 1 x Bauer/Poseidon P 201 of 7.5 cfm to 5,000 psi