Wreck Diving and Superb Corals in Truk Lagoon

TRUK LAGOON WRECK DIVING
- SUPERB CORALS
-SPECTACULAR MARINE LIFE
Dive continuously 7 days/week

See the Ship's Layout

SS Thorfinn's Specifications

  • Length, overall ............................ 170ft / 58m
  • Beam .............................................. 30ft / 10m
  • Draft ................................................ 17ft / 5.5m
  • Displacement, tons ..................... 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:

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

Accommodations / Facilities:

  • Guest Rooms (11 double occupancy rooms for 22 guests).
  • Toilets/Showers (13 / 11, eight in private facility guest rooms).
  • 'C' deck Guest Lounge (Seating 30 persons, wet bar, video and DVD library, 4 channel sound CD/tape player, 44in. hi def. Multi System Plasma TV.
  • 'D' deck Dining Room (4 tables seating 26 persons, view windows, galley adjoining).
  • 'D' deck Ship Boatique (Handicrafts, t-shirts, condiments, post cards, lotions, novelties).
  • 'C' deck Spa Area (12 person spa / jets, 2 camera service/storage tables, adjacent seating).
  • 'D' deck inside - dive gear service center, rentals & ship's boutique.
  • 'D' deck Dive Depts (2 duplicate Port/Starb'rd setups with showers, rinse sinks, filling stations, tank racks, gear bins, camera racks).

Telephone, E mail, Fax (Each system available from ship by arrangement with Captain or Crew).

Machinery:

  • Main Engine:
    • F.M.V Double compound steam reciprocating - 2,500 h.p. @ 140 rpm
  • Boilers:
    • Foster Wheeler Corp (2 x 18,000 lbs./hr each @ 250 psi working press. 600 deg F superheat).
  • Generators:
    • 2 x Detroit Diesel - Model 6-71N, 100KW, 440 VAC, 3 phase each
    • 208 VAC, 3 phase SGL PHS
    • 115 VAC 3 phase SGL PHS

Water Generators:

  • R / O system (2,500 gals / day)
  • Evaporator (2,000 gals / day)

Air Conditioning:

  • 4 Central systems of combined output, totaling 30 tons capacity

Propeller:

  • Stone Mfg. 4 blade stainless - Diam. 12' 6" x Pitch 13' 8".

Anchors:

  • 2 x 3,800 lbs ea. stockless connected to 8 shots of 1 3/4" stud link chain)

Dive Air Compressors:

  • 2 x Bauer Model K 15 units producing total 46 cfm to 5000 psi)

Pumps:

  • Steam...............................1 x 12 in. , 1x 8 in., 2x 3 in. Gen. Service
  • Electric..............................3 x 2 in.
  • Gasoline...........................1 x 2 in. Standby Emergency

Navigation:

  • GPS....................................2 x Magellan Nav DLX-10
  • Radars ...............................2 x Decca RM 926 - 10 kw, 48 mi. range
  • Gyro .................................. Sperry SR 120
  • Gyro Pilot........................... Wagner Mk IV
  • Loran ................................. Si-tex Koden Loran C 797
  • Sonar ................................. Furuno Navnet Unit

Communications:

  • 2 x Icom IC-M 700 Med. Freq. SSB radio telephones
  • 2 x Icom IC-M 80 25w VHF radio telephones
  • 1 x Sailor RT 144 VHF radio telephone
  • 1 x Philips FM 880 Remote Radio Tel Terminal (with FSM Telecom)
  • 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 Communications Terminal (Send e-mail, fax, or telex to anywhere in the world via Inmarsat)

Dive Equipment:

  • Diving launches
    • 2 X 30 ft RIB Heavy Duty Aluminum, covered - Twin Yamaha 150's
    • 2 x 24 ft Kellahan Mfg heavy duty alloy modified V, with twin Yamaha 60's
    • 1 x 24 ft Ozawa heavy duty modified fiberglass, with twin Yamaha 40's)
  • Dive cylinders (60 x 80 cu. ft standard alloy 3200 psi / 210 bar) 20 Ponies 2 - 4 L
  • Compressors (2 x Bauer K15's with combined output of 46 cfm to 5000 psi)
  • Air storage (6000 cu. ft. system - 5000 psi) 6 twin man
  • Fill stations (2 x 4 tank manifold setups Port / Starb'rd - in water filling)
  • Rentals (12 full sets of gear incl. computers, reg's, BCD's, fins, masks, lights).
  • O2 Blending System for EAN Nitrox provisos - supplied through 2 stage Haskell Booster