SPIRIT OF SOLOMONS (Dive boat)

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SPIRIT OF SOLOMONS: Built in 19?? Not a owner of name found, also not a shipyard.
1992 Fitted out as a dive boat for Bilikiki Cruises Ltd., Honiara, Solomon Islands.
She is a steel hulled vessel of some 280 tons. Length 125ft. Beam 24ft.
Powered by a 350hp 3406 Turbo Charged Carterpilar diesel engine.

Also used as a Dive Boat as a base ship for exploration of the seabed etc.
She is fitted out with seven de-luxe cabins all with private showers and toilets and a six twin cabins sharing two toilets and three showers.

The SPIRIT OF SOLOMONS was also designed for South Pacific conditions having large sundecks plenty of covered areas and air-conditioned accommodation.

The six smaller cabins are frequently booked on a single occupancy basis.

She operates from Honiara, on Guadalcanal Island visiting dive sites in the Florida Islands, the Russell Islands, Mborokua (Mary) Island and Marovo Lagoon in the New Georgia Islands.

Solomon Islands 2004 $2.20 sg?, scott?

Source: copied from Log Book Vol. 34 page 125. Compendium of Australasian Merchant Ships 1831 – 2008 by R. Tompkins.