Golfo Azzurro
| History | |
|---|---|
 Republic of Vanuatu | |
| Name: | Golfo Azzurro |
| Owner: | Stichting Golfo Azzurro |
| Builder: | Visser Den Helder |
| Completed: | 1987 |
| Renamed: | 2010 |
| Homeport: | Stellendam |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8505721 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 350 |
| Length: | 42.81 metres (140.5 ft) |
| Beam: | 8.5 metres (28 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.42 metres (14.5 ft) |
| Draft: | 3.26 metres (10.7 ft) |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Notes: | [2] |
The North Sea trawler MS Golfo Azzurro was launched in 1987 as the Maarten Cornelis,[3] and was the first trawler in the Netherlands equipped with the EUR sumwing.[4]
Career
As the TX 33 Maarten Cornelis she was used to test the sumwing which caused less soil disturbance than traditional beam trawl because the wing hovers above the ground when fished. It also used less fuel than traditional trawling.
In 2010 the ship was leased by the Golfo Azzurro Foundation who partnered with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and, using funds from the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, used the ship for covert surveillance operations in the Danish Protectorate of the Faroe Islands.[5][6]
On August 17 the ship was boarded and searched by the Danish Police and then let go under escort by the Royal Danish Navy. Denmark's Thetis class frigate Triton was assigned to monitor their actions.[7]
In June 2016 the Golfo Azzurro has invited the 'Boat Refuge Foundation', a Dutch foundation, to go for a search & rescue for saving boat refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. The vessel is managed by Adrian J. Sonneveld, Captain and shipmanager. The Search & Rescue operation is managed by the Italian Coastguard. Golfo Azzuro will be operated under the Panama Flag. The Boat Refuge Foundation will charter the vessel for a symbolic price. The board of the Goflo Azzuroo Foundation based in Rotterdam is fully motivated to go for this challenge.
References
- ↑ Anton Trommel. "Zeeschepen op het Haringvliet". Zeeschepenophetharingvliet.nl. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ↑ "TX33 Maarten Cornelis". Ship-hunters.be. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ↑ "oceanguardians.org". Retrieved September 5, 2010.
- ↑ "Koopvaardy". Retrieved Sep 6, 2010.
- ↑ "Death in the Ferocious Isles: Sea Shepherd under Escort by the Danish Navy". Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
- ↑ "Paul Watson eigur Golfo Azzurro". Portal.fo. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Stichting Golfo Azzurro". Retrieved September 5, 2010.