Name: 1975--2005: FPV Westra
Owner: 1975--1999: Secretary of State for Scotland
Operator: 1975--2003: Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
Ordered: 1974
Builder: Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen, Scotland
Yard number: 962
Christened: FPV Westra
In service: 1975-2003
Out of service: 2003--2005 (laid up for disposal)
Homeport: Leith, Scotland
Status: active as of 2011
Career
Name: 2005--2007: MV Robert Hunter
since 2007: MY Steve Irwin
Owner: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Operator: since 2005: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
In service: 2005
Homeport: Melbourne, Australia
Identification: IMO number: 7340370
General characteristics
Class and type: Island class patrol vessel
Tonnage: 885 grt
Length: 59.43 m (195 ft)
Beam: 10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught: 4.26 m (14 ft)
Propulsion: 2 x British Polar Engines 12 cylinder 2,100 bhp (1,600 kW), driving a variable-pitch propeller
Speed: 12.5--16.5 knots (23--31 km/h)
PAUL FAT WATSON IS VERY FATASS
poleWatson 8 months ago
@keionsegg
It's just less than 0.001 % of popularion make any impact for huge natural resource.
ednakano1 8 months ago
@ednakano1 except for the thousands of whales seals shark and fish i guess
keionsegg 8 months ago
SSCS is just terrorist and never made enviromental improvement.
ednakano1 8 months ago