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Breaker of Panama

Former naval unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey vessel Breaker moored in the inner harbour at Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Breaker is a multi purpose vessel suited for a 24 hrs/day regime and 10 days endurance at sea. With her standard equipped cranes and booms, the vessel fits all needs for multi- disciplinary surveys like UXO detection for offshore wind farms.

 

Name: Breaker

Vessel type: Survey vessel

Home port: Panama

Flag: Panama

IMO: 4644878

MMSI: 371150000

Call sign: HP4641

Length overall: 31.2 m

Beam: 7.4 m

Draught: 2.4 m

Gross tonnage: 245 tons

Max speed: 10.6 knots

Builder: Oskarsham Shipyard, Oskarham, Sweden

Yard number: 337

Year built: 1956

Owner: Deep BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

Disabled ship towed to Grimsby.

 

Breaker suffered an oil leak within the cooling system 42 miles east north-east of Hornsea in position latitude 53 50.559 N 001 13.551 E on 5th.November 2018. The hydraulic propulsion system of the engine spilled oil into the water. The tug Svitzer Josephine took the ship in tow, it arrived in Grimsby on 6th. November at 5 p.m.

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Uploaded on February 13, 2022
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