SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION CENTRE FOR MARITIME RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION Ship Specification Sheet NRV ALLIANCE Ship Call sign: IALL Hull Number: A 5345 IMO registration Number: 8833752 Classification: American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) notation +A1, E , Ice Class C, +AMS, +ACCU Registro Italiano Navale (RINa) notation C @ special service – research ship; unrestricted navigation, ICE CLASS 1C – AUT UMS Flag: 1988 – Public – Federal German Republic 2015 – Italian Navy General Description: NRV ALLIANCE was constructed by Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani, Muggiano Shipyard in La Spezia, Italy, as a silent acoustic oceanographic research vessel between 1985 and 1987. The design and construction of ALLIANCE is in accordance with the rules and regulations of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and the Registro Italiano Navale (RINa). The vessel was delivered to NATO on 15 April 1988 and was accorded the flag of a public vessel of the Federal German Republic. On 31 December 2015, the German Flag was repatriated and ALLIANCE was officially transferred under the Italian naval Flag on 9 April 2016. ALLIANCE has the status of an auxiliary of the Italian Navy. ALLIANCE is manned and operated on behalf of NATO by the Italian Navy under a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 22 December 2015. The Ship complement consists of a military crew of 44 (5 officers and 39 ratings) and can accommodate up to 25 scientists. Vessel Characteristics: Deck and laboratory spaces: Length overall 93 m The main operational scientific spaces consist of a Length between 82 m Main Scientific Laboratory, Tactical Coordinator's perpendiculars Office. Programmers' Office, an Environmental Molded beam 15.20 m Equipment Maintenance Laboratory, an Acoustic Depth, molded 8.7 m Equipment Maintenance Workshop and an Amplifier Draught, full load 6.2 m Room all located on the weather deck. There is a Displacement, loaded 2,920 t Forward Deck Wet Laboratory and an Oceanographic Gross tonnage 3,180 t Winch Room. Various smaller labs, open onto the Net tonnage 960 t quarterdeck. Shaft power (max. 2,970 kw 2 continuous) Name Area m Cruise planning speed 11 knots Primary Working Area (Aft) 200 Sustained sea speed (Clean 16 knots Secondary Working Area 200 hull) (For’d) Effective range at 11.5 9,450 n.mi MSL & all Labs 370 knots Scientific Storage Areas 500 Endurance port to port 30 days Crewing: The crew of 44 onboard consists of a 5 officers and 39 crew members. Officers include a Commanding Officer, an Executive Officer, a Chief Engineer, a Navigator, and an Operation Officer Crew positions include a Chief of the boat, a Medical Assistant, 6 Communication staff, 3 logistics personnel, a Chief Boatswain, 2 ship’s administrative staff, 2 cooks, 5 deck personnel, 6 electricians, 6 hull maintainers and 6 mechanics / propulsion technicians.. Noise Control: Communication and Navigation: ALLIANCE is one of the most quiet research ship in Onboard ALLIANCE, there are two (2) independent the world. Special acoustic quietness methodology systems for ship communications and for scientific were incorporated in the design from the onset. The trials (with some overlap). The ship system, which ship’s prime movers are all encased in acoustic hoods uses radios complying with SOLAS and GMDSS rules, and resiliently double mounted to reduce the structural includes VSAT interface and Inmarsat systems (E- transmission of vibration to the hull and subsequent mail, fax and phone) under the control of the transmission to the water. Communications Officer. A military radio suite has been fitted to satisfy ITN communication requirement. Air for combustion and cooling purposes required the installation of air inlet silencers in the supply ducting to The scientific network available onboard ALLIANCE is prevent breakout of diesel noise into the machinery based on VSAT connectivity. The network link all space. Likewise, exhaust silencers have been fitted in scientific station in the main laboratory and can be the exhaust system. configured in various ways to satisfy specific trial/experimentation requirement. A state-of-the-art Piping systems have been fitted with flexible Kongsberg Maritime K-Bridge INBS and MDM 400 connections and piping design eliminate flow noise Marine Data Management system are installed in through low radius curvatures. Damping tiles have ALLIANCE. This allows precision positioning to 4-5m been installed in the sea chests to make them act and when the SEAPATH Real Time Kinematic (RTK) very much like an absorptive type of muffler and on system is used, high precision positioning to 0.5m is the underwater hull to eliminate as much as achieved. Differential GPS corrections are received possible sources of noise. Pipes and ducts also via satellite and this provides precise navigation vibrate and for those systems that operate in the throughout the Mediterranean and North Atlantic. lower noise states, they have been isolated from the vessel's structure by the use of resilient Precise track control and auto pilot navigation is hangers. facilitated by direct computer steering between prescribed way points. As part of the INBS, the Container Capability: vessel can operate in a Dynamic Positioning In ALLIANCE, there is the capability to embark up to Mode. Although capable to operate in DP mode five (5) standard ISO 20 ft and up to three (3) standard (basic DP operations with position keeping ISO 10 ft containers as follows: accuracy of 1-1.5m up to sea state 3 and wind speed of 15 kn), the ship is not officially classed as 2 20 ft on Quarterdeck Port and a DP vessel. Depending on sea state and wind Starboard (power direction, the vessel can operate on DP in higher sockets available) sea and wind conditions with position accuracy of 3 20 ft on Boat Deck Port Midships aft up to 5m. end (power sockets available) 1 10 ft on Forward Working (power sockets Deck- forward of crane available) 1 10 ft on the Forward (power sockets Working Deck – Midship available) 1 10 ft on Quarterdeck – (no power sockets Midship aft of main tow available) winch Accommodation: The accommodations in ALLIANCE for scientific personnel consists of one single suite, sixteen (16) single cabins and four (4) double cabins for the scientific complement. For the crew, the accommodation incudes five (5) single suites, one (1) single cabin, and nineteen (19) double cabins. Most of the scientific staff accommodation is located on the tween deck. The scientist-in-charge single suite is located on the officer's deck, while 5 single cabins for scientist can be found on the crew deck (starboard side). The lifesaving capacity and therefore maximum complement of the vessel is 69 persons. Deck Equipment: Two (2) anchor windlass are located on the focsçle area, the chain link are of 36 mm diameter and a total length of 9 shackles. Each anchor weighs 1,710 Kg. The ship is fitted with two (2) capstans on the quarter deck. There are four electro-hydraulic cranes onboard with articulated and/or telescopic jibs. One hydralift crane is located on the Focs’le. The Nor davit workboat crane is located on the boat deck and two cranes (hydralift and TTS) are located on either side of the quarter deck. Hydralift Crane (Focs’le) Safe Working Load (SWL) 5 t (double wire); 2.5 (single wire) Hoisting Speed at Hook 0-30 m/min; 0-60 m/min. Outreach 3 m-13 m Max Hoisting Height 50 m Nor Davit Crane (Boat Deck) SWL 2.0 t Hoisting Speed at Hook 40 m/min Outreach 4.35 m - 10 m Max Hoisting Height 20 m Port Side Hydralift Crane (Quarterdeck) SWL 5 t (double wire), 2.5 (single wire) Hoisting Speed at Hook 0-30 m/min; 0-60 m/min Outreach 3 m - 11 m Max Hoisting Height 50 m Starboard Side TTS Crane (Quarterdeck) SWL 5 t Hoisting Speed at Hook 0 - 50m/min Outreach 1.2 m - 9.5 m Max Hoisting Height 50 m ALLIANCE is fitted with a large U frame at the stern and is hinged so that it operates over the transom on the centre line. The underside of the eyebolts under the U-frame is 5.2 m above the working deck when turned inboard; when vertical there is 5.95 m clearance; useable width between the uprights is 5.27 m. The upper horizontal bar is extended outboard each side to cover the full stern width. The loading capacity is 10 t with snap load not exceeding 50 t. The SWL of the eyebolts in central section is 10 t. The A frame, located forward, is similar to the U frame except that it is 3 m wide at its upper horizontal bar which is extended at the forward end to provide support for a large sheave of 1.75 m diameter. The sheave is attached to a trolley traveler on the underside of the extended upper horizontal bar. The frame is hinged to operate over the port side of the vessel. The characteristics of the A-Frame are shown below. The main tow winch onboard is a large capacity double drum winch, located mid-ship on the quarterdeck. The characteristics are found below. The ship can also be fitted with a towed body winch on the starboard quarter deck. The Data winch, located on the Focsle - Starboard side aft, is a split winch with drum diameters of 1600 mm and of 1000 mm works in conjunction with the A part of the A - frame. The large drum winch, located on the Focsle - starboard side forward works in conjunction with the extended part of the A- frame. An Oceanographic winch, located in a room of the same name (starboard side of the Weather Deck at frame 96) has the following characteristics.