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Red Falcon

  • Built: 1994 by Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Refitted & Extended by Remontawa, Gdansk, Poland in Mar 2004
  • Type: Raptor Class Ro-Ro Ferry
  • Registered No: __
  • Service speed: 14 knots @ 85% maximum continuous rating
  • Crew: 1 x Master, 1 x Mate, 1 x Bosun, __ x Able Seamen, __ - __ Catering Services
  • Passenger capacity: 895
  • Vehicle capacity: 220 car equivalent units
  • Length: 93.22m
  • Beam: 17.5m
  • Draught (loaded): 2.75m
  • Gross tonnage: 3,953
  • Tank capacities: Fuel oil __ litres, Fresh water __ litres

Navigational Equipment

Radar: 2 x Sperry Decca Bridgemaster E series X Band 180 true motion radars with clutter reduction
Compass: __
Echo Sounder: __
Log: __
VHF: __
GPS: __
Chart: 1 x Transas electronic chart plotter

Machinery

  • Main engines: 2 x Stork-Wartsila FHD 240 turbocharged medium speed Propulsion: 2 x Voith Schneider units
  • Generators: 3 x 4cyl Perkins turbo charged diesel sets each developing 65 Kw, 240v 60Hz, single phase