Her building at the shipyard at Lantana, Florida, USA was ordered in 1986 and she was commissioned in May two years later. With a displacement of 625 (full load) tons are her dimensions 45,4 x 10 x 2 metres or 149 x 33 x 6,5 metres. The three Caterpillar 3412 diesels supplied 1,821 hp allowing a speed of 14 knots and with a speed of 12 knots a range of 3,500 nautical miles. Her crew numbers 18 men. She had a cargo capacity of 100 tons equipment or a combination of 4 standard containers and no less as 50,000 galleons dieso.
