Description

Class: Bureau Veritas. Builders: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki, Japan 977. 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 Owner/ Manager: Under Transfer to New Owners.

Specifications

Accommodation

Complement: 138 comprising 44 crew and 94 passengers and students Owner/ Manager: Under Transfer to New Owners.

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, five double berth cabins, 15 four berth cabins and three 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 at sea.
Onboard hospital with surgery facilities, a doctor may be carried (if capacity is 100 or more onboard.
Small gymnasium.

CARGO CAPACITIES AND CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT
Three cargo hatches, No’s 3 and 2 with tween deck and lower hold and No. 1 with upper and lower tween deck and lower hold.
Total dry cargo capacity: Bale: 3687 m3
Grain: 4072 m3
Refrigerated space:- : 111 m3
Cargo oil capacity:- : 491 m3/419 t
Julius Wolff and Co.'s 5-ton travelling deck crane is servicing all three hatches.
O & K 25 ton at 17 m luffing/slewing crane situated on the forecastle head
1.5-ton telescopic stores crane fitted on #2 deck starboard side aft servicing the flight deck.
Breakdown of 20’ container capacity. This information is based on physical measurements and capacities according to previous voyages. Please bear in mind other factors to consider when loading;
• Actual loading condition of containers (weights)
• Loaded condition of the vessel before taking on containers (These two factors will finally dictate the amount of containers the vessel can load)
• Movement of containers under the wings of cargo holds can only be done manually
Total: 41

Construction

Type: Steel Hulled, Iced strengthened Antarctic Training / Oceanographic Research Vessel
Built: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

Equipment

HELICOPTER SUPPORT & FACILITIES
Enclosed hangar facilities for two PUMA-size helicopters. Spare landing deck for a helicopter on forward deck house. Ship-controlled approach system for helicopter operations.
88t Avcat bunker capacity.
Radar and GPS receivers fitted.
Radios: 1 HF SSB transceiver.
2 VHF (AM) aeronautical transceivers.
1 VHF (FM) marine band transceiver.
X - Band transponders fitted to ship and aircraft.

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

Engine(s)

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

Certification

Class: Bureau Veritas
Status: DD/SS Passed.

Disclaimer

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