MY Jules Verne
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Island-class patrol boat |
| Builders: | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Operators: | United States Coast Guard |
| Completed: | 49 |
| Active: | ≈37 |
| History | |
 USA | |
| Class and type: | Island-class patrol boat |
| Name: | USCG Pea Island |
| Owner: | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Fate: | Decomissioned |
| History | |
| Name: | MY Jules Verne (2015-present) |
| Owner: | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
| Acquired: | January 2015 |
| In service: | 2015 |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | cutter |
| Displacement: | 168 tons |
| Length: | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Beam: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draft: | 6.5 ft (2.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Paxman Valenta or Caterpillar diesels |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | 3,300 miles |
| Endurance: | 5 days |
The MY Jules Verne is a cutter class vessel owned and operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It is being used in their direct action campaigns against whaling and against illegal fisheries activities.[1]
In January 2015, Sea Shepherd purchased two recently decommissioned Island-class patrol boats from the U.S. Coast Guard, capable of a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). They were the USCG Block Island and the USCG Pea Island, and were renamed MY Jules Verne and MY Farley Mowat, respectively.[1][2]
The ship is named after the French writer Jules Verne, that conceived the famous fictional character Captain Nemo appearing in two of Verne's novels: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874), and makes a cameo appearance in Verne's play Journey Through the Impossible (1882).[2]
See also
- Neptune's Navy, Sea Shepherd boats
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society operations
References
- 1 2 "Sea Shepherd Welcomes the Farley Mowat and the Jules Verne to its Fleet". Sea Shepherd Global. June 2, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- 1 2 Konrad, John (June 1, 2015). "Sea Shepard Grows "Eco-Pirate" Fleet With Purchase Of USCG Vessels". G Captain.
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