Chilean transport Piloto Pardo AP 45 1959-1997 (still existing)

Model Museo Maritimo Nacional, Valparaiso, Chile, April 2025

 Oil painting by Klaas Koster, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1959.

Museo Maritimo Nacional, Valparaiso, Chile, April 2025

Under construction 1958. Noord-Noord-Hollands Archief. 1100 Beeldcollectie Gemeente Haaarlem. Photographer Zilver Rupe, Willem Marloed W.M. *1904 †1993. 1958

Ordered in 1957. Laid down by Haarlemsche Scheepsbouw Mij. Haarlem, Haarlem, Netherlands as an Antarctic patrol ship, transport and research vessel with ice-strenghtened hull for special service in the Southern Ocean on 30 September 1957, launched on 11 June 1958, exercised with Dutch artillery on the North Sea to check her behaviour at sea in December 1958, commissioned on 7 April 1959, decommissioned in January 1997, sold in 1998 to the merchant shipping.

Shipspotting.com d.d. 20-9-2025 mentioned that she was renamed in 1998 Antarctic Dream, serving as a passengership, IMO 5278432, MMSI 457139000 and call sign JVTU5 and Mongolia-flagged, owner/manager Turismo Nuevo Mundo, Valparaiso, Chile.

Myshiptracking.com d.d. 20-9-2025 reports passenger ship, MMSI 34133100, call sign V4OT4, St. Kitts Nevis-flagged.

Marinetraffic.com and vesselfinder.com d.d. 20-9-2025 reports passenger ship or arm guards vessel, Indonesia-flagged, MMSI 525015210 and call sign YB119YL.

Wikepedia.org d.d. 20-9-2025 claims she was called Hotu Matua between 1998-2003, owner Orloando Paoa, Eastern Island and Antarctic Dream between 2003-2012 owner Antarctic Shipping SA, Chile.