17M SURVEY AND RESEARCH VESSEL / 2008 BLT
General information
- Vessel ID
- 3603
- Vessel type
- Crew vessels/Pilot boats
- Built
- 2008
- Class
- National
Specifications
- Length
- 16.9 m
- Beam
- 7.4 m
- Main Engines
- 2 x Deutz - 340 BHP (total)
- Propulsion
- 2 x Fixed pitch propeller
- Crane(s)
- 1
- Hull type
- Catamaran
- Thrusters
- 2 x 13kW bow thrusters
- Hull Material
- Aluminium
- Deck Equipment
- Workship including lathe, milling machine, tools and spares/materials
Moonpool. Max. payload of the 4 cable hoisting system for underwater vehicles over the moon pool is 10 tons
Small A-frame used for a 140 kg dinghy - Capacities
- Fuel tanks 2 x 2740ltrs + 2 x 2640 ltr + 2x 370 ltr day tanks
Hydraulic tank 200ltr - Accommodation
- Accommodation for 4 persons in 2 x single and 1 x double cabins, 2 x showers, 2 x toilets, galley in wheelhouse with gas burner, oven, microwave, fridge, freezer, wash basin
Extra information
- Vessel location
- Europe
The vessel has been used for research purposes (seabed mapping with Multibeam and sidescan sonar) and support for manned submersible operations with the a submersible vehicle. The vessel's hull was built with a DNV/GL hull construction certificate (DNV/GL Hull 100 A5).
The following bathymetric survey equipment is included:
ELAC Multibeam Sonar SeaBeam 1050
Coda Octopus F180 Motion Sensor
Klein 3000 Side Scan Sonar System with hydraulic winch and 2,200m cable
Marine Magnetics Magnetometer
Bauer Oceanus air compressors 330bar (1 from 2014/200h, 1 from 2021/20h)
Workshop including lathe, milling machine, tools and spares/materials.
Tracking/comms for diving vehicle:
USBL underwater tracking system LinkQuest 1500 HA with high power transponder
TN1510-AHR and Tracklink software
Underwater telephone (subphone 10 KHz)
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