Brokerage firm Northrop & Johnson has announced the sale of a 66.8-metre offshore rescue vessel, presented to the market as the 70-metre explorer platform known as Ocean Falcon.
Ocean Falcon was originally delivered in 2015 by Spanish shipyard Astilleros Zamakona as a commercial rescue ship, though she was purchased not long after by an owner who sought to transform her into an explorer yacht for charter.
As such, in September 2022, the vessel arrived at Lürssen's facilities in Bremen, Germany, where she was set to receive a four-metre extension and undergo a thorough conversion. Two years later, in August 2024, it was announced that Ocean Falcon would no longer undergo her rebuild due to a "number of challenges". She was listed for sale shortly after as a "highly adaptable explorer platform" ready for conversion.
According to the brokers, Ocean Falcon offers her new owner a solid foundation for long-range operations and is ideally suited for private exploration, research-focused programs or future charter conversion – as was previously intended.
Thanks to her previous rescue ship background, highlights of the vessel include a steel hull and a significant 2,950GT of volume, allowing her new owner to undertake extensive expeditions, including operations in remote and challenging environments such as the Arctic or the South Pacific. She can cruise at 12.5 knots with a top speed of 15 knots.
Northrop & Johnson brokers Kevin Merrigan and Kristen Klein closed the sale. “Ocean Falcon is a remarkable platform,” commented Merrigan. “Safe, spacious and robust. We hope to see her in challenging and exotic locations around the world.”
Lürssen was the second shipyard to accept but ultimately did not proceed with Ocean Falcon's conversion. The first was Icon Yachts, which announced its plans to take on the rebuild at the 2022 Monaco Yacht Show. The project initially had Murray & Associates on exterior design and interiors from British studio H2 Yacht Design.
Original plans for the conversion project indicated a high-volume interior with room for four tenders, a submarine, a 10-metre swimming pool and two fully certified helicopter landing pads with an accompanying helicopter hanger. Details of the new conversion are yet to be unveiled.
Ocean Falcon was last asking €14,950,000 with Northrop & Johnson.
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