(This in-depth description of the unit was translated, and it can contain mistakes)
"BIZON-O-77"
VESSEL TYPE: Bizon III T-class pusher
YEAR AND PLACE OF BUILDING: 1975; Tczew River Shipyard in Tczew.
BUILD NUMBER: B372/28T
DIMENSIONS:
Length: 20.95 m; beam: 8.22 m; side height: 2.00 m; vessel height: 4.12 m; draft: 1.48 m
MAIN ENGINES:
Two 05H6A type 6-cylinder diesel engines manufactured by the M. Nowotka Mechanical Works in Warsaw; total power: 400 hp [279 kW]; speed: 1500 rpm; propeller speed: 375 rpm.
One 27 kVA generator; 1 9 kVA generator, 380 V current
PROPELLER: 2 screws; SPEED: 11 km/h. CREW: 3-5 persons.
REGISTRATION NUMBERS: Wr-I-123
SERVICE HISTORY
1975: BIZON-O-77 - Oder River Navigation Company, Wrocław.
1975: WESTERPLATTE II - Inland Navigation Technical School, Wrocław.
During construction, the decision was made to convert the pusher into a training vessel. As a pushed unit, it sailed with a training boat [pushed training vessel SSP-40], adapted to carry 40 students. This vessel was built in 1975 by the River Shipyard Repair Yard in Wrocław. It was designated construction number B 408 and had the following technical specifications. Length: 69.46 m; width: 8.97 m, side height: 2.21 m, ship's height: 5.00 m, draft: 1.20 m. Deadweight tonnage: 315 t. Registration number: Wr-III-615.
198.: WESTERPLATTE II - Inland Navigation Vocational School Complex, Wrocław.
2003: WESTERPLATTE II - School Complex No. 14, Wrocław.
2008: - in operation.
