Esperanza on the River Thames off Gravesend, England, August 2010.
History
Soviet Union
Name
Vikhr-4[2]
Operator
Northern Fleet
Builder
Stocznia Północna, Gdansk, Poland
Yard number
B98/04[1]
Launched
1984
Renamed
1998
Fate
Sold to Greenpeace
Netherlands
Name
Esperanza
Owner
Stichting Phoenix Maastricht
Operator
Greenpeace
Port of registry
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Acquired
2000
Recommissioned
2002
Out of service
2022
Identification
IMO number: 8404599
MMSI number: 244690000
Callsign: PD 6464
Fate
Scrapped in Gijón, Spain, 2022
Notes
Former names: Vikhr-4, Echo Fighter, Eco Fighter
General characteristics
Class and type
Built as Type B98 expedition/research ship
Tonnage
2,076 GT
Length
72.3 m (237 ft 2 in) o/a
Beam
14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draft
4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Ice class
1A
Propulsion
2 × 2,938 bhp (2,191 kW) Sulzer V12 engines
Speed
18.8 knots (34.8 km/h; 21.6 mph)
Range
19,000 nmi (35,000 km; 22,000 mi)
Boats & landing craft carried
2 large and 3 small rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIB)
Crew
33
Aviation facilities
Helipad
MV Esperanza was a ship operated by Greenpeace. Previous to being a Greenpeace ship it was a fire-fighting vessel owned by the Soviet Navy, built in 1984. It was recommissioned in 2000 and relaunched in 2002 after being named Esperanza ('hope' in Spanish) by visitors to the Greenpeace website. It had undergone a major refit by Greenpeace to make it more environmentally friendly. A new helicopter deck and boat cranes were also added. The ship was powered by two Sulzer V12 marine diesel engines.
The ship had a heavy ice class,[3] giving it the ability to work in polar regions. It had a top speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) and an overall length of 72.3 metres (237 ft 2 in). This made it the fastest and largest of the Greenpeace fleet.[3]
Original painted in blue livery, during December 2014 it called at Palumbo Malta Superyachts for repairs and a new livery, acquiring a green hull like other Greenpeace vessels.
Esperanza has been involved in many world wide campaigns, protecting environment and wildlife. She was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 2022.
^"Esperanza Arrives in Singapore for Maintenance Period". 24 January 2012.
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Soviet Union
Netherlands