Ship Information
Sisterships: Le Boreal
| Name | L`Austral |
| ex. Names | |
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| Imo Number | 9502518 |
| Call sign | FLTU |
| Flag | France |
| Homeport | Mata-Utu |
| Builder | Fincantieri Spa, Ancona shipyard, Italy |
| Hull number | 6193 |
| Designer | Jean-Philippe Nuel |
| Breaker | |
| Ship type | |
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| Operator | Ponant |
| Owner | Compagnie Du Ponant |
| Manager | Compagnie Du Ponant |
| Length OA | 142.1 m |
| Length BP | 126.2 m |
| Length LL | |
| Length Reg. | |
| Width Ext | |
| Width Hull | 18 m |
| Width Tonnage | |
| Draft | 4.8 m |
| Air draft | |
| Draugth | 20.4 m |
| GT (ITC 69) | 10944 |
| GRT | |
| NT (ITC 69) | 3427 |
| NRT | |
| DWT | 1400 |
| Displacement Tonnage | |
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| Main engines | |
| Power | 4x 1600 kW |
| Propulsion | 2x Screw Propeller Solid Inox 10.00 at 186 rpm 2x 2300kW |
| Aux. Engines | 1x 800 kW emg 1x 600 kW |
| Bow thrusters | |
| Stern Thrusters | |
| Rudders | |
| Speed | 16 knots |
| Stabilizers | |
| Fuel Consumption | |
| Ballast | |
| Fuel | 628.7 m³ |
| Fresh Water | |
| Lifeboats | |
| Liferafts | |
| Passenger decks | 6 |
| Cargo decks | 0 |
| Decks | 7 |
| Passenger elevators | |
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| Classification Company | Bureau Veritas |
| Classification | I*Hull *Mach Passenger ship Unrestricted navigation COMF-NOISE 1 , COMF-VIB 1 *VeriSTAR-HULL *AUT-UMS (SS) *AUT-PORT (SS) , MON-SHAFT , CLEANSHIP , ICE CLASS IC , *ALP (SS) *ALM (SS) |
| Ice class | 1C |