Thala Dan
Thala Dan in Copenhagen, 1967 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Denmark | |
| Name | Thala Dan |
| Operator | J. Lauritzen A/S, Copenhagen |
| Builder | Aalborg Vaerft |
| Yard number | 101 |
| Launched | 8 May 1957 |
| Out of service | 1982 sold to Brazilian Navy |
| Homeport | Esbjerg |
| Identification | IMO number: 5357680 |
| Brazil | |
| Name | Barão de Teffé |
| Namesake | Antônio Luís von Hoonholtz (the Baron of Teffé) |
| Commissioned | 28 September 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 23 July 2002 |
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro |
| Identification | pennant number: H-42 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 2007 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | ice-strengthened refrigerated passenger-cargo ship, later research ship and then lighthouse tender |
| Tonnage | 2,000 GRT |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 82.11 m (269 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 13.72 m (45 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Endurance | 60 days |
| Crew | (from 1982) 84 |
| Aircraft carried | (from 1982) 2 Helibrás Esquilo (locally designated as UH-12/13) |
| Aviation facilities | (1960s) helipad and (from 1982) hangar |
| Notes | |
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MS Thala Dan, built in Aalborg in 1957, was an ice-strengthened refrigerated cargo-passenger ship. Operated by Danish J. Lauritzen A/S from 1957 to 1982, she was jointly chartered by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and the French Polar Expeditions to re-supply their respective Antarctic stations. Afterwards acquired by the Brazilian Navy and renamed Barão de Teffé, she was engaged in the emergent Brazilian Antarctic Programme from 1982 to 1994.