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Amazing Grace

The ship has a history of being a Right Royal Yacht. Built in Scotland in 1955 and christened MV Pharos, named after the great lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The vessel has since been renamed Amazing Grace.

She boasts a distinguished nautical heritage as a British Navy Vessel, fighting the North Seas to aid and supply the lighthouse keepers and frequently playing host to the Royal Family.

Her normal duties involved the maintenance of navigation buoys and the attendance and refuelling of offshore lighthouses.

Each engine's cylinders are 13 inches in diameter and have a stroke of 22 inches. With both engines at normal cruising speed, fuel consumption is 83 gallons per hour.
Fuel storage capacity in the double bottom tanks is 240 tons (74,000 U.S. gallons), or enough for 7,000 miles at cruise speed!
In her one-month round trip the vessel she uses about 95 tons of fuel and off-loads approximately 100 tons to other ships.

Two large electrically driven air compressors supply the 350 psi pressure required to start the main engines.
All shipboard electrical power requirements are satisfied by three large heavy duty power units rated at 400, 475 and 500 KW respectively. One runs constantly while the other two remain on standby. Each of them are six-cylinder, turbo-charged, Lister-Blackstone generator units which supply raw alternating current at 220 volts. Step-down transformers are used to supply 110 volts for passenger and utility needs.

The reverse osmosis water makers in the Engine Room can produce up to 5,000 gallons of fresh water per day. The water storage tanks have a capacity of 150 tons (53,000 U.S. gallons).

The Engine Room also houses a number of service and utility pumps which include the fire and bilge pumps, general utility pumps, sanitary water pumps and the main engine oil pumps.
The Engine Room and all mechanical systems are the responsibility of the Chief Engineer and his staff of three officers and eight crew. An officer and a qualified Watch Keeper keep on duty in the engine room at all times.

Tons of cargo space, Sub zero fridges, fully air-conditioned throughout, 9x25man Life rafts and much more!

The vessel is driven by twin four-bladed, 8 feet diameter bronze alloy propellers.
The 90 feet long propeller shafts are coupled directly to the British Polar diesel engines.
The two seven-cylinder direct injection two-stroke main engines are each rated at 985 brake horsepower at a 220 rpm normal cruising speed.

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