RV Profesor Siedlecki

	A scale model
History
Poland
Name	RV Profesor Siedlecki
Namesake	Michał Marian Siedlecki, Polish biologist.
Owner	Morski Instytut Rybacki (Sea Fisheries Institute)
Builder	'Stocznia Gdanska im. Lenina', Gdansk, Poland
Laid down	31 October 1970
Identification	GDY-330; SQAC; IMO number: 7043518;
Fate	Sold for scrapping April 1992
General characteristics
Class and type	project B-424 fishery research trawler
Type	Fisheries research vessel
Tonnage	2798 gross register tons/997 net
Length	89.34 m (OA), 80.0 m (BP)
Beam	15.0 m (molded breadth)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric - Three Fiat A 238V SS diesel engines rated at 1230 bhp each powering two 1560 kW motors
Capacity	53 crew + 33 research staff

RV Profesor Siedlecki was a Polish fishery research ship built to carry out research in the southern polar waters. The research was aimed at the fisheries off the Falkland Islands down to 57S. The ship was named after the Polish zoologist Professor Michał Siedlecki, who died in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Its first cruise took place in 1974.^[3] Further expeditions were captained by Miron Babiak. The ship was scrapped in 1992.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Profesor Siedlecki GDY330 - IMO 7043518 shipspotting.com, accessed 6 November 2021
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ""Profesor Siedlecki" type fishery research trawler (project B-424)". Fishing Fleet of Communist and Post-Communist Countries. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
^ SCAR Report No 20 May 2001 www.scar.org Archived 13 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[spotting-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Profesor Siedlecki GDY330 - IMO 7043518 shipspotting.com, accessed 6 November 2021

[fishfleet-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ""Profesor Siedlecki" type fishery research trawler (project B-424)". Fishing Fleet of Communist and Post-Communist Countries. Retrieved 2012-12-28.

[3] SCAR Report No 20 May 2001 www.scar.org Archived 13 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine

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