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MS ''Thala Dan'', built in
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in 1957, was an ice-strengthened refrigerated cargo-passenger ship. Operated by Danish J. Lauritzen A/S from 1957 to 1982, she was jointly chartered by the
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and the French Polar Expeditions to re-supply their respective
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stations. Afterwards acquired by the
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and renamed ''Barão de Teffé'', she was engaged in the emergent
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me from 1982 to 1994.


Design and construction

''Thala Dan'' was built as an ice-strengthened
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in 1957, one of a fleet of such vessels built in the 1950s by Lauritzen; others included , ''Magga Dan'' and . She was launched on 8 May 1957 by
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, at the time also owned by Lauritzen, for the Group's shipowning subsidiary Rederiet Ocean A/S and completed on 9 October that year. Later, ''Thala Dan'' was allocated
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5357680 as her permanent identity. As built, ''Thala Dan'' was
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and ( LBP, with a beam of and draught of . She was propelled by a
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diesel engine, made in Copenhagen, driving a single
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which could propel the ship at . Up to 50 passengers could be carried, in 2- to 5-berth cabins.


Lauritzen service

As with her predecessor ''Kista Dan'', ''Thala Dan'' traded from Denmark to
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and
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during the northern summer, and was chartered to the
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of the
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in the southern summer of each year from the 1957 to 1982. Initially operating out of
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, and later
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, Tasmania, the ship was used to re-supply the Australian bases at
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,
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,
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,
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and
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, for occasional visits to
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, the Russian
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, the French
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and other exploration. She was also chartered by the French Government to supply the Dumont d'Urville Station. On 16 January 1959 ''Thala Dan'' struck an
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, now known as Thala Rock, in the Antarctic when approaching the Australian
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, piercing the hull and a fuel tank. It took more than two weeks to stop the leak and extricate the ship from the rock, before she could continue to Davis Station. There she was temporarily repaired to enable her to return to Australia. In 1975 she had a major refit at Aalborg, during which her accommodation was increased by one deck. In commemoration of their contribution to Australia's Antarctic programme, ''Thala Dan'' and two other Lauritzen ships (''Kista Dan'' and ''Nella Dan'') were featured on an
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postage stamp in 2003.


Brazil

In 1982 ''Thala Dan'' was acquired by the Brazilian Navy to be adapted and take part in newly organised Operation Antarctica (OPERANTAR 1) of the
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(PROANTAR), and was its first ice-capable vessel. Commissioned on 28 September 1982 as an oceanographic support ship (NApOc) H-42, she was renamed ''Barão de Teffé'' in honor of Admiral Antonio Luis von Hoonholtz (1837–1931), founder and first director of the navy's hydrographic service. In her initial years she operated in conjunction with the oceanographic vessel '' Professor W. Besnard'' of the Institute of Oceanography of the
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. Between 1984 and 1986 ''Barão de Teffé'' was engaged in the supply and construction of the permanent
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on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands and thereafter on a wide range of research projects in the region. In 1994, the ship was recommissioned as a lighthouse vessel (NF) supporting major construction projects on
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and the coast of
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. ''Barão de Teffé'' was decommissioned from naval service on 23 July 2002. After failed Australian attempts to purchase her for conversion to a
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, she was scrapped in Rio de Janeiro in October 2007. File:Early summer pack ice off Adélie Land.jpg, Early summer pack ice off Adélie Land (
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) File:ThalaDan.jpg, Stopped by pack ice in
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, December 1976 File:CrowsNest.jpg, Crow's nest on the foremast of ''Thala Dan'' File:Stamp of Brazil - 1983 - Colnect 261578 - First Brazilian Antartic Expedition.jpeg, Under Brazilian flag displayed on a stamp


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