MY Steve Irwin
Law enforcement vessel · built 1975
In short
MY Steve Irwin (Law enforcement vessel) has no AIS position on record with Voydar. Registered owner: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (source: Wikidata, since 2006).
- Vessel type
- Law enforcement vessel
- Flag
- —
- Year built
- 1975
- Gross tonnage
- 1,017
- Size (length × beam)
- 59 m × 11 m
- Registered owner
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
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Last reported position
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- Name
- MY Steve Irwin
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 7340370
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- —
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- Law enforcement vessel
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- 1,017
- Length overall
- 59.4 m
- Beam
- 11 m
- Year built
- 1975
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Ownership & management
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- Registered owner
- Source: Wikidata · since 2006 · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026Secretary of State for Scotland(Former)Source: Wikidata · 1975–1999 · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
- Builder
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
Timeline
Dated events for this ship from every source Voydar holds, newest first. Each line names its source; derived items say how they were derived.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Owner: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (previously Secretary of State for Scotland) | Voydar relationship-change derivation (derived by Voydar from Wikidata) |
Owner, operator and manager changes found by comparing yearly EU MRV reports are dated to the reporting year ("during 2025"), not to a day. Port calls here are the most recent only; the full lists are further down.
About MY Steve Irwin
MY Steve Irwin is a 59-metre (194 ft) motor vessel that previously was the flagship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and was used in their direct action campaigns against whaling and against illegal fisheries activities. The vessel was built in 1975 and formerly served as a Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency conservation enforcement patrol boat, the FPV Westra, for 28 years. Sea Shepherd had originally christened the vessel the MV Robert Hunter after Canadian Robert Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace, but it was renamed in honor of The Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin, who had died just over a year earlier, on September 4, 2006. Irwin had considered joining the vessel on a voyage to Antarctica shortly before his death, and the renaming was endorsed by his widow Terri.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is MY Steve Irwin now?
- Voydar has no displayable AIS position for MY Steve Irwin in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
- What kind of ship is MY Steve Irwin?
- MY Steve Irwin is a law enforcement vessel, built in 1975 by Hall, Russell & Company. The vessel is 59.4 m long with a beam of 11 m and has a gross tonnage of 1,017.
- Who is recorded as the owner or manager of MY Steve Irwin?
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is recorded as Registered owner for MY Steve Irwin (source: Wikidata; since 2006). This source record does not independently confirm today’s ownership or management.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for MY Steve Irwin?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for MY Steve Irwin from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for MY Steve Irwin. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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