ST-344 99.7 m Oceanographic Research Vessel for NERC, U.K.

RRS "Discovery" 99.7 m Oceanographic Research Vessel for NERC, U.K. ST-344 RRS "Discovery"

GENERAL Overside lifting systems and cranes "Discovery", designated ST-344, is an Oceanographic Research • Stern A-fram, 20 tons Vessel built C.N.P Freire A.S, Spain, yard no. 704 for owner • Parallelogram frame, 20 tons National Environment Research Council (NERC), U.K. It was • Bullhorn boom, 20 tons elivered in in 2013. • Heavy lift offshore crane, 20 tons / 17 m The vessel is outfitted and prepared mainly for the following • Hangar overhead handling beam: 10 tons duties: • Deck handling cranes, aft and midship, SWL 2 tons / 14 m • Single & multibeam echosounder surveys • Deck handling / Provision crane forward, SWL 2 tons / 12 m • Integrated data logging • Multidisiplinary science projects Laboratories • Seismic surveys The vessel is arranged with a number of scientific engineering • Clean seawater sampling spaces and air-conditioned laboratories. This includes: • ROV operations • Main lab • CTD surveys • General purpose lab • Deepwater coring and trawling / towing • Controlled environment lab MAIN CHARACTERISTICS • Clean chemical lab • Length over all: 99.70 m • Water sampling lab / Hangar • Length between p.p.: 88.80 m • Deck lab • Breadth moulded: 18.00 m • Main deck hangar • Depth to main deck: 7.40 m • Prepared for 13 labs, services and stores containers • Clean seawater lab Tank capacities • Scientific control room • Fuel oil: 598 m3 • Server / Computer room • Potable water: 307 m3 Navigation, positioning and scientific wquipment Antirolling tanks The vessel is arranged with an integrated bridge 2 x HOPPE active stabilizer tanks instrumentation. Navigation equipment from Kongsberg Maritime: Class • Doppler Speed Log DL 850 • Navigation Echo Sounder GDS 101 Lloyd's +100 A1, Ice 1D, LMC, UMS, DP(AM), IWS, EP "Research Positioning equipment: Vessel" • Kongsberg Maritime DP System SDP 21 • 2 Sonardyne USB / LBL units Speed Scientific / acoustic equipment: The vessel is arranged with • Transit speed at 6.5 m draft: 12 knots two ST-independent drop keels for mounting of sensitive • Emergency speed at 6.5 m draft: 15 knots transducers / equipment. Following equipment is supplied by Kongsberg Maritime: Accommodation • EK 60 Fishery Reserach Echo Sounder 18, 38, 70, 120, 200 • Accommodation for 52 persons in single cabin + hospital and 33 kHz s.beam • 24 crew • EA 600 Hydrographic deepwater Echo Sounder system, 12 • 28 scientists kHz • SBP 120 3 x 3 deg. deepwater Sub-Bottom Profiler system Main propulsion system • EM 122 1 x 1 deg. deepwater Multi-beam echo sounder • Diesel electric propulsion plant system • 2 x DC motors, 2 x 2200 kW, rpm 0-900 • EM 710 2 x 2 deg. shallow water Multi-beam echo sounder • 2 x Azimuth thrusters with 5-bladed FP propellers system • RDI 75 and 150 kHz Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Power generating plant • Scanmar S-1004 / S-1007 Hydrophone system • 4 x Generator sets, 1440 kW / 1000 rpm Network, computer system • 4 x Alternators, 690 V / 60 Hz The vessel is arranged with a cat. 7 computer network and fiber Thrusters optic cabling. • 1 retractable Azimuth Thruster forward, 1359 kW, FP • 1 water-jet thruster forward, 1575 kW

Winch equipment • Coring winch system • Trawling winch system with traction unit • Deep tow winch system with spooling device and traction unit • Deep water coring system with traction unit and spooling device • CTD Winch system with spooling device and traction unit • Portable metal free CTW containerised winch RRS "Discovery" Last modified: 2020/10/19