History | |
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Republic of Panama | |
Name | Golfo Azzurro |
Owner | Deep Water Foundation |
Builder | Visser Den Helder |
Yard number | 111 |
Completed | 1987 |
Renamed | 2010 |
Homeport | Rotterdam |
Identification | IMO number: 8505721 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 350 |
Length | 42.81 metres (140.5 ft) |
Beam | 8.5 metres (28 ft) |
Draught | 4.42 metres (14.5 ft) |
Installed power | 2350 HP |
Propulsion | Caterpillar |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Notes | [1] [2] |
The North Sea trawler MS Golfo Azzurro was launched in 1987 as the Maarten Cornelis,[3] and was the first trawler in the Netherlands equipped with the EUR SumWing.[4] From 2016-2017 it was chartered by the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms and was used for search and rescue operations near Libyan waters.[5]