MY Bob Barker
Bob Barker in port | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
| Name | Pol XIV |
| Owner | Hvalfangerselskap Polaris A/S |
| Port of registry | Larvik, Norway |
| Builder | Fredrikstad MV, Fredrikstad, Norway |
| Yard number | 333 |
| Launched | 8 July 1950 |
| In service | 1950 |
| Out of service | 1966 |
| Notes | Operated as a whaler until 1962 |
| Norway | |
| Name | Volstad Jr. |
| Owner | Einar Volstad PR |
| Port of registry | Ålesund, Norway |
| In service | 1966 |
| Out of service | 1997 |
| Norway | |
| Name |
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| Owner | Lafjord Rederi A/S |
| Port of registry | Bergen, Norway |
| In service | 1997 |
| Out of service | 2004 |
| Cook Islands | |
| Name | Polaris |
| Owner | Seven Sea Sg Inc |
| Port of registry | Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
| In service | 2005 |
| Out of service | 2009 |
| History | |
| Name | Bob Barker |
| Owner | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
| Port of registry |
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| In service | 2009 |
| Out of service | 2022 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Scrapped in Aliağa, Turkey 2022 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 488 GT |
| Length | 52.2 m (171 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 5.95 m (19 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 1 × 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) diesel engine |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Capacity | 540 m3 (140,000 US gal) of fuel |
| Complement | 20–40 |
MY Bob Barker was a ship owned and operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, named after the American television game show host and animal rights activist Bob Barker, whose donation of $5 million to the society facilitated the purchase of the ship. She began operating for the group in late 2009 / early 2010 in its campaign against whaling by Japanese fisheries. In October 2010, Sea Shepherd stated that Bob Barker had completed a major refit in Hobart, Tasmania. Hobart became the ship's honorary home port in 2014.