Description

Type: Steel Hulled, Iced strengthened Antarctic Training / Oceanographic Research Vessel
Class: Bureau Veritas
Keel Laid: 1979
Builders: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki, Japan 977
Gross tonnage: 6122.96 T
Nett tonnage: 1836.88 T
Displacement: 7107 at moulded summer draft
Length overall: 111.95 m
Breath: 18.05 m
Moulded draft: 6.045 m
Power: 4476 kW
Cruising speed: 10.0 knots at 13m3 per day
Maximum speed: 12.2 knots (85% MCR) at 19 m3 per day
Range: 15 000 nautical miles
Endurance: 90 days
Complement: 138 comprising 44 crew and 94 passengers and students

Status: Dry Docked

Specifications

Accommodation

All officers and crew are housed in a single quarter.

The vessel is air-conditioned as well as heated for Antarctic conditions.

Passenger accommodation: 2 single berth cabins, 5 double berth cabins, 15 four berth cabins and 3 two-berth/ four berth VIP cabins
Upper and Lower Passenger Lounge Library
Video games are available Full laundry facilities
Fresh water capacity is 213 tonnes supplemented by two 27 tonnes/ day fresh water generators when at sea.

Hospitals with surgery facilities

Doctor may be carried (if capacity is 100 or more on board) Small gymnasium


Laboratories

Bridge deck:
Training Bridge
Class Room (12 persons)


Laboratories on 02 deck:
Meteorological laboratory complex / Training Office G Lab – Spare laboratory/store room

Main Deck, forward group:
Wet hydrological laboratory Lab Space

Main Deck, after group:

laboratory Wet laboratory

Semi-wet laboratory Class Room (12 persons)

Scientific Working Areas

Helicopter flight deck and hangar, when available.
Enclosed poop deck space of 130 square metres with a 20 m2 wooden working deck served by a hydraulic A- frame with 5 and 12 T loading points, vertical sliding stern gate and Helideck hinged section.


12. On Board Scientific Systems Winch counter for CTD CTD

Equipment

Helicopter Support and Facilities

Enclosed hangar facilities for two PUMA size helicopters. Spare landing deck for helicopter on forward deck house. Ship controlled approached system for helicopter operations. Manual sprinkles system for hanger.

LABORATORIES

Bridge Deck Training Bridge Class Room (12 person) laboratories on 2nd Deck Meteorological laboratory complex / Training Office G Lab – Spare laboratory/store room.Main Deck, Forward Group Wet hydrological laboratory Lab Space Main Deck, Aft Group: C14 laboratory Wet laboratory Semi-wet laboratory Class Room (12 persons.

SCIENTIFIC WORKING AREAS
Helicopter flight deck and hangar, when available.
Enclosed poop deck space of 130 square metres with a 20 m2 wooden working deck served by a hydraulic A-frame with 5 and 12 T-loading points, vertical sliding stern gate and Helideck hinged section.

ONBOARD SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS
Winch counter for CTD CTD

OTHER FEATURES
Roll damping tank
Ice-breaking heeling tank/pump system
Closed circuit television available to bridge from the flight deck, hanger and scientific working Area on the poop deck
One 2 x 40 hp 10-man SOLAS rescue boat
One 2 x 30 hp 6-man inflatable SOLAS work boat
CO2 flooding system for machinery spaces and cargo holds Automatic water sprinkler system for accommodation spaces CO2 smothering system for Avcat pump/storage space
Foam monitor cannons for flight deck and cargo deck helicopter operations Remote control fire retarding doors for accommodation space
Cross-flooding system for damaged stability
CAPAC impressed current cathodic protection system

Navigation Equipment

Meteorological

AIRMAR 220WX AWS (new fit) Aneroid barometer x 1 Digital barometer, PA 11 x 1
Anemometer (relative and true directions and speeds) – YOUNG Model 06206 Hygrometer recorder Barograph (mechanical) x 1

Navigation Equipment

Gyrocompass: 2 x Anschutz Digital
Autopilot: SG Brown Series 10
Radars: Sperry Marine Bridgemaster E S-band ARPA radar with GPS radar interface
Decca BT 502 X-band relative motion radar
Sperry Marine Vision Master radar linked via an inter-switching unit Furuno X-band ARPA radar, model FAR 2825
GPS: 1 x SIMRAD MX 510 receiver and 1 Furuno GP 150 receiver
INS: Integrated Navigation System feeding bridge equipment and Data Distribution System with ship’s position, course and speed.
Track plotter: FURUNO RP-25 multiple window NWV 53 trackball colour
Video plotter with preprogrammed ROM card of the South African Coast as well as RAM cards of 8100 points.
Speed log: Yokogawa Navitec EML 201 electromagnetic log

Communications

Radio and Satellite Equipment GMDSS Equipment BRIDGE Comms Console
Sailor Compact VHF DSC Controller 6222 Sailor Compact Alarm unit BNWAS BR 500 Sailor Compact HF SSB N2165
Sailor HF SSB 600W PEP DC Supply N2170 Sailor HF SSB 600W PEP AC Supply N2171 Sailor Loudspeaker H2074

Bridge Main Console
Sailor Compact VHF DSC Controller 6222

Bridge Chart Room
MARCONI Compact HF Telex/ DSC controller RM2151 Sailor Message Terminal – Radiotelex H2098B
Sailor Printer H1252 Sailor VDU 3602D
Compact Alarm Box H2184 Navtex - ICS Nav 5 Rx 2182 Auto alarm
Pains Wesses EPIRB 406212.5 Mhz Inmarsat C Transceiver H2095B Inmarsat C Data Terminal DT4646E

Bridge – Wing Starboard Kannad EPIRB 406121.5 Mhz Radio Room
FURUNO Type FS-2575C, Serial No: 100070
Message Terminal Radiotelex H2095B

Sailor Printer H1252B
Sailor VDU 3602D
Sailor Compact HF SSB RE2100 Sailor Compact VHF Tx/Rx RT2047 Sailor Compact control unit H2180
Sailor HF SSB 600W PEP DEC Supply N2170 Sailor HF SSB 600W PEP AC Supply N2171 Sailor HF SSB 600W PEP Tx T2131

Lifeboat Port and Starboard Tronsart 9 Ghz SART

Bridge A Lab
VHF handheld ICOM Tx/Rx x 3 (GMDSS)


Other Comms Equipment
Radio Room:
Sailor Main Receiver R1120 Marconi M3000 Main Receiver
Sailor INMARSAT TT-3084A CAPSAT Fleet 77 System with P.C & printer – Voice, Fax & Data

Bridge:
ICOM Aeronautical VHF Tx/Rx Motorola UHF Handhelds x 11 – A Lab

Echo Sounding Equipment
Furuno FCV 1100L multi-function colour sounder with flush mounted 28/50 kHz transducer Simrad EN 38 kHz echo sounder with IC displayed units

Engine(s)

Two Uni-directional Merrlees Blackstone KmR6 Major turbocharged and inter-cooled 6-cylinder 4-stroke engines
Geared to a single controllable pitch propeller.
Total power MCR 4476 kW, service power 3804 KW. 750 hp Samuel White Gill omnidirectional bowthruster. 500 hp Pleuger tunnel stern thruster.

Bunker oil capacity: 1099 tonnes

Safety Equipment

Safety Equipment

2 x Fully enclosed davit launched life boats with a capacity of 80 persons STBD and 80 persons PORT.
6 x 25-man life rafts.
2 x SARTS

2 x EPIRB
Fore and Aft deck helicopter firefighting turrets with foam capability.


Other Features Roll damping tank Ice breaking heeling tank/pump system
Closed circuit television available to bridge from flight deck, hanger and scientific working Area on poop deck
One 2 x 40 hp 10-man SOLAS rescue boat
One 2 x 30 hp 6-man inflatable SOLAS work boat
CO2 flooding system for machinery spaces and cargo holds Automatic water sprinkler system for accommodation spaces CO2 smothering system for Avcat pump/storage space
Foam monitor cannons for flight deck and cargo deck helicopter operations Remote control fire retarding doors for accommodation space
Cross flooding system for damaged stability
CAPAC impressed current cathodic protection system

Disclaimer

Details of the equipment offered by T.A.G. Marine are done in good faith but cannot be guaranteed.

We cannot warrant the accuracy of this information or the condition of the vessel.

A buyer should instruct agents or surveyors to investigate any details he desires to validate.

All equipment is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Our offers are standard valid for 30 days.

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