MV Sirius
 MV Sirius berthed at Amsterdam
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| Name | MV Sirius |
| Builder | Boele Shipyard |
| Cost | 2.5 million euro |
| Laid down | 1950 |
| Fate | Sold To Greenpeace In 1981 |
| Greenpeace | |
| Name | MV Sirius |
| Owner | Greenpeace |
| Operator | Greenpeace |
| Port of registry | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Acquired | 1981 |
| Out of service | 1996 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8837461 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, January 2018 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 440 gross tons |
| Length | 46 m (151 ft) |
| Beam | 8.43 m (27.7 ft) |
| Draft | 3.01 m (9 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power | 650 kW; 640 hp ) |
| Propulsion | 1 Smit MAN 6-cylinder diesel engine |
| Speed | 9–12 kn (17–22 km/h) |
The MV Sirius was a
Royal Dutch Navy, was sold to Greenpeace during 1981 while in dry dock
. The ship was refitted, repaired, and repainted. It took ten weeks to paint her. The ship's colour scheme was soon changed to a green hull and rainbow colours and a white dove of peace with an olive branch was painted on the bow. Sirius was refitted with more modern navigation systems, communication equipment, lifeboats, and rafts. The pantries were turned into outdoor engine rooms and the mess room became a storage room.
Sirius served as the flagship of Greenpeace Netherlands through 1998, after which she was retired. Until 2018 she was docked at Amsterdam, where she serves in an educational capacity, offering shipboard tours and environmental education.
At around midnight on September 30–31, 1988, while on passage from
Palma.[1]
On 10 January 2018 Sirius was towed from Zaandam to Haarlem to be scrapped.
See also
References
- ^ Greenpeace Press Statement, Saturday September 31, 1988.