Sedna IV
S/Y Sedna IV | |
| History | |
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| Name | Bielefeld (BV 106) |
| Owner | Bremen-Vegesacker Fischerei-Gesellschaft, Vegesack, Germany |
| Port of registry | Germany |
| Builder | Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany |
| Yard number | 5169 |
| Launched | 27 April 1957 |
| Completed | 7 June 1957 |
| Home port | Vegesack, Germany |
| Fate | Sold |
| Notes | Originally Delivered as a Sidefishing Trawler |
| Name | Starfish (E 213) |
| Owner | Harry Meldgaard Jensen and Hakon Svendsen |
| Port of registry | Denmark |
| Acquired | 9 February 1971 |
| Home port | Esbjerg, Denmark |
| Name | Saint Kilda (E 218) |
| Owner | Ebbe and Agne Svendsen |
| Port of registry | Denmark |
| Acquired | 18 July 1984 |
| Home port | Esbjerg, Denmark |
| Fate | Sold |
| Name | Syscomp I (1992), Saint Kilda (1998) |
| Owner | Syscomp Shipping Ltd |
| Port of registry | Antigua and Barbuda |
| Acquired | July 1992 |
| Home port | St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Fate | Sold |
| Name | Sedna IV |
| Owner | Les Productions Ciné-Bio Inc., Quebec, Canada |
| Port of registry | Canada |
| Acquired | May 2002 |
| Home port | Cap-aux-Meules, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 394 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Displacement | 550 t (540 long tons) |
| Length | 51.34 m (168.4 ft) |
| Beam | 7.9 m (26 ft) |
| Draught | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
| Ice class | Yes |
| Installed power | 2 x Deutz-MWM Generators: 30 kiloWatt (each) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | 650 m2 (7,000 ft2) |
| Speed | 14 kn |
| Range | 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Capacity | 8 Passengers |
| Crew | 4 |
The S/Y Sedna IV is a 51-metre (167 ft) three-masted schooner which has been used for scientific expeditions and the filming of documentaries.
Built by Abeking & Rasmussen in Germany in 1957 as a Sidefishing Trawler, refitted as a sailing vessel in 1992, she was equipped with a film studio in 2001 when a Canadian film crew acquired her. The ship was previously named Saint Kilda. Sedna IV is fitted out with a cutting room and an equipment room containing high-definition filmmaking apparatus. The crew can use the onboard high-precision scientific equipment to gather, compile and analyze data to fulfill the expedition's scientific research program. The schooner is also connected to the internet via satellite, enabling land-based researchers to become virtual mariners.
The schooner has a 78,000 L (17,000 imp gal; 21,000 US gal) diesel reserve giving her a range of 8,500 nautical miles (20,000 km). She is also equipped with 700 square metres (7,500 sq ft) of sailcloth.