Marine science: research vessels and technology
Information on the research vessels owned and operated by Marine Scotland Science (MSS).
| Main Activities: Operational Areas: Shipyard: Designer: Classification: |
Fisheries Research North Sea and North East Atlantic Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd of Port Glasgow Skipsteknisk A/S, of Ålesund, Norway Lloyds+ 100A1 Ice Class 1D +LMC +UMS +SCM "Fishery Research Vessel" |
| Length OA: | 68.60 metres |
| Length BP: | 60.60 metres |
| Breadth mld: | 15.00 metres |
| Draught: | 5.60 metres |
| Service speed: | 13 knots |
| Quiet running speed: | 10-11 knots |
| Max towing speed: | 5.5 knots (30 tonne pull) |
| Main engines: | Three Wärtsilä Type 9L20 DE Marine diesel engines |
| Generators: | Three Ansaldo Type GSCR630X8 |
| Propulsion motors: | Two Ansaldo Type DH900DC |
| Auxiliaries: | One Cummings harbour alternator (240 KW) One Cummings emergency alternator (88 KW) |
| Power supply: | A 230 volt 'clean' electrical supply is provided by two Hitzinger Motor Generators |
| Bow thruster: | Elliot 'White Gill' Bow thruster (720 KW) |
| Stern thruster: | Brunvoll electric tunnel thruster (380 KW) |
| Navigational: | One Furuno Far 2835 - S ARPA radar Two Furuno FR 2110/6.5 'X' band radar One Racal Marine Mk53 Decca receiver One Raytheon Nav 398 Loran C receiver One Sercel NR 58 DGPS satellite receiver One Sercel NR 230 DGPS satellite receiver Two Microplot Mariner Navigation plotters with ARCS charts One Furuno FE680 Navigational echosounder One Robertson Autopilot Two RGC11Gyro compasses One Lilley and Gilley Sestreline Class A magnetic compass One Furuno CI -35 Current/Speed log One Sailor communication equipment fully compliant to GMDSS area |
| Accommodation: | 17 Crew, 12 Scientists |
| Cranes: | One Aukra Type KDE60, articulated telescopic cod-end handling crane One Aukra 5T hydrographic equipment crane One Aukra 10T hydraulic plankton crane One Aukra 10T hydraulic crane to load containerised laboratories One Odim hydraulic Gamma frame (6.5T) |
| Winches: | Two Brattvaag Type D2M300 main trawl winches, housed below the main trawl deck. Maximum pull of 34T, capacity of 3,500m of 28mm wire One Ulstein synchro 2020 auto trawl system for automatic control and monitoring of both trawl winches 2 Brattvaag Type DMM 14185 Gilson winches, each with a midpull of 13T with a wire capacity of 200 m of 28mm wire Two Brattvaag Type Net 2M4185 split netdrums with removable dividing flange. Each has a midpull of 24T and a drum capacity of 10m3 One Brattvaag Type Net M2202 net storage drum located in the net repair area Eight Brattvaag low pressure hydraulic winches are provided for hydrographic and specialised scientific purposes. |
| Acoustic Equipment: | Simrad EK500 echosounder: 38kHz, 120kHz, 200kHz Simrad EA 500 oceanographic sounder: 18kHz Simrad EM 950 multibeam swathe echosounder: 95kHz RDI broad band ADCP: 150kHz Simrad SH80 short range sonar: 115-122kHz (tunable) Simrad SR 240 long range sonar: 24kHz Simrad SM2000P multibeam profiling sonar: 200kHz Simrad ES 60 fishing echosounder: 50/200kH Simrad ITI trawl instrumentation system Scanmar trawl instrumentation system Simrad echosounding synchronisation system |
Contact
Post:
Marine Scotland
Mailpoint 11
1B South
Victoria Quay
EDINBURGH
EH6 6QQ
Telephone:
0300 244 4000
Email:
marinescotland@gov.scot
There is a problem
Thanks for your feedback