Wim,
The debate continues! She shares the same hull (with some modifications to props and rudders for increased traction )as all the UT 704's. This one you know about as she is similar to Star Offshore's 'Star Polaris'.
The 'Northern Comrade' (Ex Balder, Ex Viking, ex Dalia Shipping) was the most powerful of the design built at 11000BHP and, together with the 'Star Polaris', was definitely the MK3 variant.
I know you and I have this debate going but I believe she is the penultimate in the UT 704 series, as she was the most powerful of them all - but shared the accomodation modifications and underwater hull changes that made her forerunner - the 'Star Polaris' - definitely the Mk3! I believe that the Smit Lloyd '90' class were the Mk 2's due to their increased engine / bollard pull improvements.
Look at the following web photo to see the resemblance:
http://homepages.which.net/~derek.wood/cvpic13.htm - Star Polaris
You will have seen this shot before - or maybe not. The profile is definitely the same, with the 'Star Polaris' the fore runner of the two vessels that, because of their success, then spawned the UT 734 series.
Jonty
The debate continues! She shares the same hull (with some modifications to props and rudders for increased traction )as all the UT 704's. This one you know about as she is similar to Star Offshore's 'Star Polaris'.
The 'Northern Comrade' (Ex Balder, Ex Viking, ex Dalia Shipping) was the most powerful of the design built at 11000BHP and, together with the 'Star Polaris', was definitely the MK3 variant.
I know you and I have this debate going but I believe she is the penultimate in the UT 704 series, as she was the most powerful of them all - but shared the accomodation modifications and underwater hull changes that made her forerunner - the 'Star Polaris' - definitely the Mk3! I believe that the Smit Lloyd '90' class were the Mk 2's due to their increased engine / bollard pull improvements.
Look at the following web photo to see the resemblance:
http://homepages.which.net/~derek.wood/cvpic13.htm - Star Polaris
You will have seen this shot before - or maybe not. The profile is definitely the same, with the 'Star Polaris' the fore runner of the two vessels that, because of their success, then spawned the UT 734 series.
Jonty
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