MY Bob Barker
The MY Bob Barker was a ship owned and operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, named after American television game show host and animal rights activist Bob Barker, whose donation of $5 million to the society facilitated the purchase of the ship. She began operating for the group in late 2009 / early 2010 in its campaign against whaling by Japanese fisheries. In October 2010, Sea Shepherd stated that Bob Barker had completed a major refit in Hobart, Tasmania. Hobart became the ship's honorary home port in 2014.
Bob Barker in port | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
| Name | Pol XIV |
| Owner | Hvalfangerselskap Polaris A/S |
| Port of registry | Larvik, Norway |
| Builder | Fredrikstad MV, Fredrikstad, Norway |
| Yard number | 333 |
| Launched | 8 July 1950 |
| In service | 1950–66 |
| Notes | Operated as a whaler until 1962 |
| Norway | |
| Name | Volstad Jr. |
| Owner | Einar Volstad PR |
| Port of registry | Ålesund, Norway |
| In service | 1966–97 |
| Norway | |
| Name | Verdi |
| Owner | Lafjord Rederi A/S |
| Port of registry | Bergen, Norway |
| In service | 1997–98 |
| Norway | |
| Name | Volstad Jr. |
| Owner | Lafjord Rederi A/S |
| Port of registry | Bergen, Norway |
| In service | 1998–2004 |
| Cook Islands | |
| Name | Polaris |
| Owner | Seven Sea Sg Inc |
| Port of registry | Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
| In service | 2005–09 |
| Togo | |
| Name | M/Y Bob Barker |
| Owner | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
| Port of registry | Togo registry withdrawn as of February 2010 |
| In service | 2009–10 |
| Identification |
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| Notes | Re-flagged to the Netherlands |
| Netherlands | |
| Name | M/Y Bob Barker |
| Owner | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
| Port of registry | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| In service | 2010–2022 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Scrapped in Aliağa, Turkey 2022 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 488 GT |
| Length | 52.2 m (171 ft) |
| Beam | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Draft | 5.95 m (19.52 ft) |
| Propulsion | 1 × 3000 hp diesel |
| Speed | 18 kn (33.3 km/h) |
| Capacity | 540 m3 of fuel |
| Complement | 20–40 |
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