The Swedish Ship Gotheborg
On a sunny Sunday morning on the 3rd of December 2006, a group of 20 members and guests of the Hong Kong branch of the Nautical Institute visited the Swedish Ship Gotheborg.
The original East Indiaman Gotheborg was built in 1738 at Terra Nova ship yard in Stockholm
FACTS ABOUT THE SWEDISH SHIP GOTHEBORG
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Length |
40,9 metres |
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Total length including bowsprit |
58,5 metres |
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Beam |
11 metres |
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Sail area |
1,964 square metres |
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Draugth |
Stern: 5.25 metres & bow: 4,75 metres |
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Ballast |
Fully 292 tonnes |
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Displacement (weight of ship and load) |
1150 tonnes |
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Average speed |
5-6 knots, with a max. engine speed of 8 knots |
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Crew |
About 80 people onboard, 20 crew, 50 trainees and 10 places for scientists, journalists etc. |
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Bunkering |
Food for 80 people for 60 days and aditional reserv for30 days |
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Navigation equipment |
GPS, electronic nautical chart, radar, gyro-compass and Satcom B |
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Engines |
2 X Volvo Penta TAMD 163A (16 liter) ā 405 kW = total effekt på 1 100 hästkrafter |
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2 X TAMD 103 (10 liter) ā 180 kW |
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1 X TAMD 74 (7 liter) ā 90 kW |
