Lifeline (21 June 2018)
| |
History | |
---|---|
Disputed | |
Name | Lifeline |
Namesake | Clupea |
Builder | Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen |
Yard number | 940[1] |
Laid down | 1968 |
Launched | 25 July 1968 |
Refit | 1988 |
Homeport | Amsterdam |
Identification |
|
Fate | Detained by Maltese authorities |
Notes | Ownership, ship classification and Home Port documentation not in order as of June 2018, Lying at Malta |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 381.68 t (376 long tons) |
Length | 32.1 m (105 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 7.39 m (24 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | Lister Blackstone ERS 8M 492 kW (660 hp) |
Speed | 11.5 knots (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) |
Endurance | 12 days |
Complement | 16 |
Lifeline is a small rescue boat, formerly an inshore fisheries research vessel of the Fisheries Research Services currently seized by Maltese authorities due to disputed ownership, ship classification, home port documentation and flag registration. The captain, Claus-Peter Reisch appeared in a Maltese court charged with commanding an improperly registered ship and was released on a 10,000-euro bail.[2][3]