MY Bob Barker

Bob Barker in port
History
Norwegian merchant ensignNorway
NamePol XIV
OwnerHvalfangerselskap Polaris A/S
Port of registryLarvik, Norway
BuilderFredrikstad MV, Fredrikstad, Norway
Yard number333[1]
Launched8 July 1950
In service1950–66
NotesOperated as a whaler until 1962[2]
Norwegian merchant ensignNorway
NameVolstad Jr.
OwnerEinar Volstad PR
Port of registryÅlesund, Norway
In service1966–97
Norwegian merchant ensignNorway
NameVerdi
OwnerLafjord Rederi A/S
Port of registryBergen, Norway
In service1997–98
Norwegian merchant ensignNorway
NameVolstad Jr.
OwnerLafjord Rederi A/S
Port of registryBergen, Norway
In service1998–2004[3]
Cook Islands flagCook Islands
NamePolaris
OwnerSeven Sea Sg Inc
Port of registryRarotonga, Cook Islands
In service2005–09
Togo flagTogo
NameM/Y Bob Barker
OwnerSea Shepherd Conservation Society
Port of registryTogo registry withdrawn as of February 2010
In service2009–10
Identification
NotesRe-flagged to the Netherlands
Dutch FlagNetherlands
NameM/Y Bob Barker
OwnerSea Shepherd Conservation Society
Port of registryRotterdam, Netherlands
In service2010–2022
Identification
FateScrapped in Aliağa, Turkey 2022
General characteristics
Tonnage488 GT[1]
Length52.2 m (171 ft)[2]
Beam9 m (30 ft)[1]
Draft5.95 m (19.52 ft)
Propulsion1 × 3000 hp diesel
Speed18 kn (33.3 km/h)[5]
Capacity540 m3 of fuel
Complement20–40

The MY Bob Barker was a ship owned and operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, named after American television game show host and animal rights activist Bob Barker, whose donation of $5 million to the society facilitated the purchase of the ship.[6] She began operating for the group in late 2009 / early 2010 in its campaign against whaling by Japanese fisheries. In October 2010, Sea Shepherd stated that Bob Barker had completed a major refit in Hobart, Tasmania.[7] Hobart became the ship's honorary home port in 2014.[8]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Miramar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Our Fleet – M/Y Bob Barker". Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NORSK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Bob Barker". MarineTraffic.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Investigation report Ady Gil and Shonan Maru No. 2" (PDF). MaritimeNZ.govt.nz. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  6. ^ Itzkoff, Dave (6 January 2010). "Bob Barker, Whale Pal". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Bob Barker Completes Successful Refit". seashepherd.org. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. 15 October 2010. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Sea Shepherd's Bob Barker gets honorary home port status in Hobart". ABC News. 12 March 2014.