MY Bob Barker

Bob Barker in port
History
Norway
Name	Pol XIV
Owner	Hvalfangerselskap Polaris A/S
Port of registry	Larvik, Norway
Builder	Fredrikstad MV, Fredrikstad, Norway
Yard number	333[1]
Launched	8 July 1950
In service	1950–66
Notes	Operated as a whaler until 1962[2]
Norway
Name	Volstad Jr.
Owner	Einar Volstad PR
Port of registry	Ålesund, Norway
In service	1966–97
Norway
Name	Verdi
Owner	Lafjord Rederi A/S
Port of registry	Bergen, Norway
In service	1997–98
Norway
Name	Volstad Jr.
Owner	Lafjord Rederi A/S
Port of registry	Bergen, Norway
In service	1998–2004[3]
Cook Islands
Name	Polaris
Owner	Seven Sea Sg Inc
Port of registry	Rarotonga, Cook Islands
In service	2005–09
Togo
Name	M/Y Bob Barker
Owner	Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Port of registry	Togo registry withdrawn as of February 2010
In service	2009–10
Identification	Call sign: 5VBR5 IMO number: 5280540 MMSI number: 51811500[4]
Notes	Re-flagged to the Netherlands
Netherlands
Name	M/Y Bob Barker
Owner	Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Port of registry	Rotterdam, Netherlands
In service	2010–2022
Identification	IMO number: 5280540 MMSI number: 246847000[4]
Fate	Scrapped in Aliağa, Turkey 2022
General characteristics
Tonnage	488 GT[1]
Length	52.2 m (171 ft)[2]
Beam	9 m (30 ft)[1]
Draft	5.95 m (19.52 ft)
Propulsion	1 × 3000 hp diesel
Speed	18 kn (33.3 km/h)[5]
Capacity	540 m3 of fuel
Complement	20–40

The MY Bob Barker was a ship owned and operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, named after American television game show host and animal rights activist Bob Barker, whose donation of $5 million to the society facilitated the purchase of the ship.^[6] She began operating for the group in late 2009 / early 2010 in its campaign against whaling by Japanese fisheries. In October 2010, Sea Shepherd stated that Bob Barker had completed a major refit in Hobart, Tasmania.^[7] Hobart became the ship's honorary home port in 2014.^[8]