''Sarah Baartman'' is a South African environmental protection vessel—of the
Damen Offshore Patrol Vessel 8313 class.
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The ''Sarah Baartman'' was commissioned on 10 January 2005.
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Named after Khoikhoi woman,
Sarah Baartman
Sarah Baartman (; 1789 – 29 December 1815), also spelled Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje (), or Saartjie, and Bartman, Bartmann, was a Khoekhoe woman who was exhibited as a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under ...
, she was built by
Damen Group
The Damen Group is a Dutch defence, shipbuilding, and engineering conglomerate company based in Gorinchem, Netherlands.
Though it is a major international group doing business in 120 countries, it remains a private family-owned company.
Dame ...
, of the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
, at one of its
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
n shipyards, and was designed to be capable of patrolling South Africa's entire
EEZ
An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine natural resource, reso ...
, including the area around the southerly
Prince Edward Islands
The Prince Edward Islands are two small uninhabited subantarctic volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean that are administered by South Africa. They are named Marion Island (named after Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, 1724–1772) and P ...
.
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On 3 October 2007 the ''Sarah Baartman'' took custody of two men accused of murdering a fellow crew member of the South African
icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller ...
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S. A. Agulhas''.
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The South African government has been criticized for chartering the ''Sarah Baartman'' to support offshore oil drilling.
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The vessels carry limited equipment for enclosing and skimming oil spills, and fire-fighting water cannons.
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References
External links
Towards delivery of Sarah BaartmanFact file: Sarah Baartman
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarah Baartman (Ship)
Patrol vessels of South Africa
2004 ships