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

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.

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.