RV Profesor Siedlecki explained

-- full code -->	+ Ship Image: Akwarium Gdyńskie - 002.JPG Ship Caption: A scale model Ship Country: Poland Ship Name: RV Profesor Siedlecki Ship Namesake: Michał Marian Siedlecki, Polish biologist. Ship Owner: Morski Instytut Rybacki (Sea Fisheries Institute) Ship Builder: 'Stocznia Gdanska im. Lenina', Gdansk, Poland Ship Laid Down: 31 October 1970 Ship Identification: GDY-330 SQAC Ship Fate: Sold for scrapping April 1992 Ship Class: project B-424 fishery research trawler^[1] Ship Type: Fisheries research vessel Ship Tonnage: 2798 gross register tons/997 net Ship Length: 89.34 m (OA), 80.0 m (BP) Ship Beam: 15.0 m (molded breadth) Ship Propulsion: Diesel-electric - Three Fiat A 238V SS diesel engines rated at 1230 bhp each powering two 1560 kW motors Ship 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.^[2] Further expeditions were captained by Miron Babiak.The ship was scrapped in 1992.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Profesor Siedlecki" type fishery research trawler (project B-424) . Fishing Fleet of Communist and Post-Communist Countries . 2012-12-28.
2. http://www.scar.org/publications/reports/20/Rep20a.html SCAR Report No 20 May 2001
3. http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=641727 Profesor Siedlecki GDY330 - IMO 7043518