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47 M CASTOR Ex RSA Mine Sweeper



Fast Ex-Navy Mine-Sweeper 24kts, 4500HP



47 m ex-mine sweeper



Subject Unsold or Market Withdrawal



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Fast Ex-Navy Mine-Sweeper 24kts, 4500HP



Price after End User Destination



German Navy Fast Mine Sweeper. Abeking & Rasmussen "CASTOR"



POWER-BOAT! 4.500HP, up to 24kts!!! Perfect for use as a support/security-vessel. Good condition, extensive refit.



Easy-to-drive, just 3 people needed. Very manouvrous due to variable pitch props. Perfect base for support or patrol vessel as well as for dive-adventures!!! Long-Range.



We can train your crew and offer maintenance. We are ready to make any conversion you need for your mission.



We need to sell much below our own costs due to a new project.



TECHNICAL DATA OF THE CASTOR



NATO identification M 1051

Model: 340 fast minesweeper (Sagittarius class)

Launching July 12, 1962

Years of service December 11, 1962 until August 15, 1990



Material

Hull: 3 layers of mahogany!!!!!!

Deck: 20 mm iroko on teak stringer

Superstructure: 35 mm plywood with 3 mm GFK reinforcement

Measurement: Length 47 m / width 7.5 m / draft 2.2 m

Displacement: 280 t

Cruising Speed: 16 knots

Max Speed: 24 knots





Engine:2 x Mercedes Benz 4 cycle 16 cylinder diesel engines (2.250 hp each), running great and less fuel consumption: 150l/h at 12kts, 250l/h at 20kts!!!



Tank content: 32,000 l diesel fuel + 4.000l day-tank: 10,000 l fresh water



Crew a staff of about 30 during naval service, today at least 3



Demilitarized. Previously M 1051 with an anti-aircraft gun



Accommodation: Cabins with about 30 beds, galley



Condition Extensive refit of hull and superstructure (>15.000 manpower-hours!!) in 2004/2005/2009, interior partitioning in original condition.



3-Blade Variable Pitch Props makes this vessel very manoeuvrable and controllable at any speed.



The ship is fully maintained.



READY TO SHIP TO LYBIA, SOMALIA, DUBAI.......! We already have inquiries from Somalia, but it seems, these are pirates.....))))



Between 1999 and 2004 the vessel was registered as a supply-vessel under Sao-Tomé flag. At the moment the boat is classified as a private motoryacht.







We can support you and offer you real prices for the personal conversions and amendments according to your wishes.







Vessel type:



Minesweeper



Builder:



Abeking&Rasmussen



Make:



Abeking & Rasmussen



Model:



340



Year constructed:



1962



Berths:



30



No. Of engines:



2



Engine model:



Mercedes Benz 16cyl Turbo



Engine power:



4500 HP



Fuel type:



Diesel



Drive type:



Shaft drive



Length over all:



150



Beam:



7m



Maximum draft:



2m



Hull material:



Wood



Hull type:



Yacht-Syle



Hull colour:



grey



Displacement:



280 tons



Fuel capacity:



32000 Litres



Water capacity:



10000 Litres



Holding tank capacity:



4000 Litres



Engine(s)



2xMercedes-Benz 16 Cyl. 2250HP turbo-powered! (Typ.-No: MB 638, MTU 652)

3 x 3 blade (pitch-variable) rudder-system. Overhauled in 2005, same turbo-charger. Two power-generators (Total 100kw) - one was completely overhauled last year - are running well.



Construction



It was built 1961 at the famous yacht yard "Abeking & Rasmussen", where a lot of excellent yachts have been built.



The ship was REFITED in 2005. The extensive refit of the CASTOR required almost a full year´s effort by both people and machinery (more than 15,000 hours). The prescribed program included maintenance of the engines and technical periphery, renovation of the deck and hull, and the entire overhaul of the underwater hull at the Turkish naval shipyard in Aksas. Old paint and fillings were removed from the entire outside wood up to the last corner, and the wood was professionally repaired, if necessary, the wood was then repainted in the old splendor, naval grey.



Last dry docking in April last year in turkey.



New underwater coating in April last year.



Easy to drive!!!



VISIONS

The very elegant hull lines have inspired the owners of CASTOR to contact various designers and to invite them to illustrate their vision of how they see the CASTOR in future. Those design studies show CASTOR unusual and highly interesting potential.

While the vessel is now for sale in her excellent state, the current owners are very keen on offering the boat itself but also a very interesting package including a great technical documentation.

Also they offer assistance to realize any proposed conversion.



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