ROBERT C. SEAMANS tall ship

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Built as a training vessel under yard No 242 by J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. Tacoma, Washington USA for the Sea Education Association Inc. (SEA),Woods Hole Ma.
Designed by Laurent Giles.
12 July 2000 keel laid down.
Launched as the ROBERT C. SEAMANS named for a former Chairman and Trustee of the SEA’s board.
Tonnage 211 grt, 104 nrt, displacement 300 ton, dim. 36.29 x 7.75 x 5.27m., length bpp 27.6m, draught 4.2m.
Auxiliary engine: one 8-cyl Caterpillar type 3408 DITA diesel engine, 455 hp (339.4 kW), one screw, speed ?
Brigantine rigged, sail area 794.7 m³.
Accommodation for 40 persons.
27 July 2001 delivered to owners. Based in the Pacific.

She is used by the SEA for oceanographic research and sail training world wide.
Fitted out with hydrographic winches, bathymetric equipment, biological and geological sampling equipment, a wet and dry laboratory and a computer laboratory.
Mostly works in the Pacific Ocean.
2013 In service, same owners, IMO No 9245483.

Sao Tome et Principe 2013 25000 Db sg?, scott?

Source: ABS Record. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Seamans_(ship)