Ship Information
Sisterships: Greg Mortimer , Ocean Albatros
| Name | Sylvia Earle |
| ex. Names | |
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| Imo Number | 9872327 |
| Call sign | C6ED8 |
| Flag | Bahamas |
| Homeport | Nassau |
| Builder | China Merchant Heavy Industry CMHI , Haimen, China |
| Hull number | 196-2 |
| Designer | Ulstein CX103 |
| Breaker | |
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| Operator | Aurora Expedition |
| Owner | Sea Lion Ten Ltd |
| Manager | SunStone Ships Inc. |
| Length OA | 104.40 m |
| Length BP | 100.21 m |
| Length LL | |
| Length Reg. | |
| Width Ext | |
| Width Hull | 18.4 m |
| Width Tonnage | |
| Draft | 5.3 m |
| Air draft | |
| Draugth | 7.25 m |
| GT (ITC 69) | 8,076 |
| GRT | |
| NT (ITC 69) | 2,422 |
| NRT | |
| DWT | 1578 |
| Displacement Tonnage | |
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| Main engines | 2x Wärtsilä 8L20 2x Wärtsilä 6L20 |
| Power | 4321 kW |
| Propulsion | 2x Scana Volda Controllable Pitch Propeller |
| Aux. Engines | |
| Bow thrusters | 1x Brunvoll / FU63LTC1750 Controllable Pitch Thruster 880 kW |
| Stern Thrusters | |
| Rudders | |
| Speed | 16.5 Knots |
| Stabilizers | Rolls Royce Aquarius 100 |
| Fuel Consumption | 16.5 knots @ 26.4 mt, 11 knots @ 11.9 mt |
| Ballast | 1,207.3 m3 |
| Fuel | 589.1 m3 |
| Fresh Water | 183.0 m3 |
| Lifeboats | 2 104.4m |
| Liferafts | |
| Passenger decks | 6 |
| Cargo decks | 0 |
| Decks | 8 |
| Passenger elevators | 1 |
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| Classification Company | Bureau Veritas |
| Classification | I  Hull Mach Passenger ship,POLAR CAT-B Unrestricted navigation COMF-NOISE-Pax 1 , COMF-NOISE-Crew 3 , POLAR CLASS 6 , AUT-UMS , MON-SHAFT , CLEANSHIP , ICE CLASS IA , ERS-S , SEEMP , INWATERSURVEY , LI-HG-S2 |
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