Engineering:Kaikō Maru

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History
Name: Kaikō Maru
Operator: Institute of Cetacean Research
Launched: 1972[1]
Identification: IMO number7394101
Fate: Sold to Specialized Vessel Services and renamed 'SVS Frobisher'[1]
Notes: Spotter ship for ICR
General characteristics
Tonnage: 860 t[1]
Length: 62 m (203.4 ft)[1]
Beam: 11 m (36.1 ft)
Draught: 4.3 m (14 ft)
Speed: 5.3 knots (9.8 km/h; 6.1 mph)[1]

The Kaikō Maru (海幸丸; now SVS Frobisher) was the spotter ship for the Japanese whaling fleet. In 2007, it collided with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel MY Robert Hunter and was disabled.[2] It sent out a mayday (call for help) and the Robert Hunter, Farley Mowat, and the Esperanza were obliged to respond until the Kaiko Maru was repaired.

It was sold in 2013 to Specialised Vessel Services as a patrol vessel and renamed as SVS Frobisher.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 SVS Frobisher. Marine Traffic. Accessed on 25 December 2018.
  2. Japanese whaler, anti-whaling ship collide, China Economic Net, February 15, 2007