3,434 gt; 700 dwt; 116 passengers
Operator: Oceanwide Expeditions BV, Vlissingen, Netherlands. Flag: Netherlands. Port of registry: Vlissingen
Built 1976 by BV Scheepswerf & Machinefabriek "De Merwede", Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands
Propulsion: diesel electric with 3 x eight-cylinder, four-stroke Stork Werkspoor diesels with a combined output of 3,744 bhp. Speed: 12 knots
Built for Dutch Navy as hydrographic survey ship HNLMS TYDEMAN (A906)
2009-sold and converted to cruise ship by Scheepswerf Reimerswaal BV, Hansweert, Netherlands. Renamed PLANCIUS
Photographed at Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway