Flag: Brasil
IMO: 7922142
Call sign: PWAR
Ex-names: Polar Queen (Norway)
Type/class: "Ary Rongel class" - Seal-catcher (hydrographic and research vessel)
Built by: Georg Eides Sonner AS - Hoylandsbygd (Norway) in 1981
DWT: 1.100 tons
Owner/operator: Brazilian Govt. / Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil)
Photo location: pier of Arsenal de Marinha (AMRJ), in Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)
Date: 21/09/2006
Observations: The Brazilian Navy using this vessel for Antarctic Brazilian Support Base "Comandante Ferraz" (PROANTAR - Brazilian Antarctic Program) - http://goal.ocfis.furg.br/webGOALIngles/Antarctic_Survey/history.htm
** To see more details visit: http://www.naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.hpg.ig.com.br/A/A107/A107.htm

Photo by friend Yuri H. Nousiainen 8-)