The laser scans can track details as small as an eighth of an inch and have swept the entire ship across its 114-foot length and 28-foot width — once a cramped home to a crew of 35.

It was just over 32 metres in length. It was not a fast sailing ship, but was strongly built.

Generally in dry cargo ship the cargo holds were placed fore and aft of machinery space that was situated at or near the middle of length.