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Le YERSIN

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:11 pm

Designed in Concarneau and owned by François Fiat, the YERSIN is a 76.60-metre yacht, which serves as both a luxury cruiser and a platform for scientific exploration, much like the CALYPSO many years before it. The vessel’s steel and aluminium hull means that it is capable of navigating all of the world’s seas and oceans, including under extreme conditions and in the polar regions. The yacht’s name pays tribute to Alexandre YERSIN (1863–1943), a doctor with the Messageries Maritimes merchant shipping company, who discovered the bacillus responsible for bubonic plague in 1894. The YERSIN was blessed by the Vicar General of Monaco, Monseigneur René Giuliano, at a ceremony in the Principality attended by H.S.H. Prince Albert II. The yacht can host children on board to raise their awareness of the need to protect the marine environment. One such mission has already been carried out with H.S.H. Princess Charlene of Monaco.
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Built as an expedition yacht under yard No C314 by Chantiers Piriou, Concarneau for Ase Yersin Limited (owned by Francois Fiat a former chairman of a French supermarket chain.)
Launched as the YERSIN.
Tonnage 2,198 grt, 659 nrt, dim. 76.6 x 13 x 4.4m. (draught), length bpp. 76.0m.
Powered: Diesel electric by 6 diesel engines, four 1,141 hp and two 543 hp. manufactured by Alconza Berango SL, Spain. Twin Azimuth trusters 1,500 kW each, cruising speed 12 knots. Maximum speed 15 knots.
Two bowthrusters.
Bunker capacity 401 m³.
Range 15,000 mile.
When cruising in shallow waters, lakes and river she has an additional central pump-jet propulsor with a maximum speed of 6 knots.
She carries several tenders under which a cabin cruiser, two 7.5m semi-rigged inflatables, also a seaplane.
Accommodation for 20 crew and 20 passengers.
11 May 2015 completed, registered in Valletta, Malta, Imo No 9666651.
20 June 2015 christened in Monaco in presence of Prince Albert of Monaco.

March 2017 Her last position is in La Spezia, Italy.

Monaco 2017 1.30Euro sg?, scott?
Source: Bureau Veritas. Mr Jean-Lous Araignon. Internet.
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Re: YERSIN

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:00 pm

On 4 April, H.S.H. Prince Albert II launched the 2017–2020 Monaco Explorations initiative, reviving, after a gap of 120 years, the maritime scientific explorations pioneered by his great-great-grandfather Prince Albert I. The YERSIN, an environmental research vessel which sails under a Monegasque flag, will depart next August from the Port of Monaco. It will follow a longitudinal route between the Tropics, completing a circumnavigation of the globe over a period of three years. The initiative will be based on the recommendations of a Scientific Guidance Committee made up of 10 internationally renowned scientists. Science will therefore be the foundation of the project, complemented by awareness-raising, communication and media activities.

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Monaco 2017 1.30 Euro sg?, scott?
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