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Celtlc Lplorer

General Layout
Starboaro
protlle

8rloge
oeck

Forecastle
oeck

Maln oeck

Lower
oeck

8elow
lower
oeck

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Tecbnlcal Specltlcatlons
GeneraI
Flsbery, acoustlc, oceanograpby, buoy banollng, envlronmental
sampllng, geologlcal ano byorograpblc researcb vessel
Complles wltb tbe nolse requlrements ot |CLS CRR Report 209
Dynamlc Posltlonlng
Capaclty to carry 7 20 tt contalnerlzeo laboratorles
Main features
Lengtb o.a. 65.5 m
8eam 15 m
Draugbt 5.8 m
Gross tonnage 2425 T
Net tonnage 727 T
Lloyos classltlcatlon
D100A1 |CL CLASS 1D +UMS + SCM DP
(CM) Multlpurpose Researcb vessel
Malmum speeo 16 knots
Servlce speeo 10 knots
Lnourance 35 oays
PropuIsion
(Dlesel-Llectrlc)
Lnglnes
2 Wartslla 9L20, 1620 kW / 1000 rpm, 690 vac
1 Wartslla 6L20, 1080 kW / 1000 rpm, 690 vac
DC Drlves 2 |noar DC electrlc motors (eacb 1500 kW,
0-180 rpm)
8ow tbruster 700 kW Glll [et, omnlolrectlonal
Stern tbruster 400 kW
5afety Complles to |MO, Lloyos, ano all natlonal ano lnternatlonal requlrements
Acconnodation
35: 22-20 sclentlsts, 13-15 crew (oepenolng on operatlonal
requlrements.)
Sclentlsts quarters: 4 slngle cablns, 9 oouble cablns, all en-sulte
Navigation and
connunication
Deptb measurement Furuno FCv 1200 L Lcbo sounoer
GPS 2 Trlmble 300-D
Raoar 2 Furuno ARPA
Gyro compass Robertson RGC 12
Flberoptlc gyro wltb
motlon reterence
|sea Octans
Navlgatlon system Seapatb 200
Navlgatlon Furuno ECDIS, MaxSea Plotter and OLEX Plotter
Data communlcatlon Seatel Satelllte 8roaobano system , Fleet 77
volce GSM pbone/ta 2, Mlnl-M, vO|P system
utlllslng seatel broaobano system , Raolo
Communlcatlon to GMDSS stanoaros

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Facllltles
Dry laboratory

75m
2
. Workstatlons tor LM1002, LA600, ADCP
LK60, Seapatb 2000, SSU, post-processlng.
CTD wlncb controls, CCTv ano LCD|S monltors,
cbart table ano storage.

Wet laboratorles

70m
2
: wet/tlsb lab, cbemlstry lab ano water lab.
Conveyor/tlsb sortlng system, treezer room,
retrlgerators, welgblng scales, LAN connectlons
6 gas llnes, Ultrapure Water system .
Freezer
a/Retrlgeratlon
1 walk ln -20 Sclentltlc Freezer, 1 -80 sclentltlc treezer, 2 Sclentltlc
Frloges
Contalner
laboratorles
Capaclty to carry 7 20 tt contalnerlseo labs. Support systems: 220 vAC,
400 vAC (300 kW), LAN, pbone, seawater, tresbwater, waste oraln.
Worksbop Latbe, mllllng & orllllng macblne, byoraullc press, bano saw, welolng
macblne, workbencb wltb vlce, portable power tools, comprebenslve
tool klt.
Communal areas

Sclentlsts' ottlce/meetlng room. Two lounges wltb Satelllte Tv, DvD,
vCR. Gymnaslum, sauna.
Meolcal Hospltal room wltb bospltal beo ano baslc meolcal tacllltles lncluolng
Meolcal locker, batb, oetlbrllator

Deck Lqulpment
Deck area 165 m
2
, palnteo steel
A-frane, aft
25 T SWL, 4 m outboaro ano 4 m lnboaro reacb, 10.5 metres clearance
trom oeck
T-frane, stbd 10 T, 3 m reacb
Cranes
Mlosblp crane 16 TM, 2 T book loao
Forwaro crane 1.5 T at 10 m
Att crane 6 T at 15 m
Winches
CTD wlncb 6 T, 7000 m ot 8.3 mm olameter wlre,
beave compensatlon system
General purpose
wlncb (1)

General purpose
wlncb (2)

20T, 3500 m ot 14 mm Dyne,
Worklng loao 4 T.

1.7 T, 2700 m ot 9.98 mm Flbre optlc
realtlme cable,

Gllson wlncbes (2) 13 T eacb, 200 m ot Dynema SK75 syntbetlc rope
Hyorograpblc wlncb 1.04 T, 1500 m ot o 12mm oynecable,
Worklng loao 3 tonnne

Maln net orum
/wlncb

45 T, on maln oeck, capaclty 10 m
3

Net sounolng wlncb 6 T, 4600 m ot 2 core steel wlre armour cable
(11mm)
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Upper Net orum
/wlncbes (2)
17 T eacb, on torecastle oeck, capaclty 8.78 m
3
eacb
Trawl wlncbes (2) Spllt trawl wlncbes: 34.5 T eacb : Rapp Hyoeema
Fltteo wltb 4500 m ot 26 mm wlre
Workboat
5.5 m beavy outy workboat, 82 HP lnboaro englne.
Sultable tor lnsbore researcb actlvltles, buoy malntenance etc.
Launcbeo wltb a beave compensateo Davlt.
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Permanent Sclentltlc Lqulpment
GeneraI
A0 prlnter
Hewlett Packaro, Deslgnjet 1055C, tor cbart
proouctlon
Lamlnar tlow tume booo |ntertlow 8v, ST-12 Speclal
Gravlty meter LaCoste & Romberg S-120
Motlon reterence system Kongsberg Slmrao, Seapatb 200
Unoerway oata logglng Kongsberg Slmrao, MDM400
US8L Sonaroyne Ranger 2 US8L / |sea GAPS US8L
Weatber system 8ATOS ||
Welgblng scales Pols, P-60, 1 60 kg
Welgblng scales Pols, P-15, 3 15 kg
Acoustic surveying
Colour vloeo sounoer Furuno FCv 1200 L
Low-trequency scannlng sonar Kongsberg Slmrao SP70
Multl-beam ecbo sounoer Kongsberg Slmrao LM1002 (S|S OS)
Navlgatlon plannlng Qulnsy
Seabeo olscrlmlnatlon system SLA, LCHOplus
Slngle-beam ecbo sounoer (sclentltlc) Kongsberg Slmrao LK60: 18, 38, 120, 200 kHz
Slngle-beam ecbo sounoer (byorograpblc) Kongsberg Slmrao LA600: 12, 38, 200 kHz
Sub-bottom protller
SLS Probe 5000, 44 array (bull mounteo), CODA
DA2000 acqulsltlon system
Souno veloclty protller AML SvPlus/+ smart Sv+T(bull mount)
Marine bioIogy and fisheries research
Fluorometer (unoerway) Turner, mooel 10-AU 005
Net monltorlng system Scan8as
PhysicaI/chenicaI oceanography
ADCP, bull mounteo RD| Ocean Surveyor 486P/50
CTD ano rosette sampler
S8L 911 CTD wltb 2 S8L 32 carousel, 24 10L
bottles
Water samplers 22 OceanTest, Nlskln type, 10 l
Movlng vessel protller 8rooke Ocean Tecbnology, MvP200, CTD & SvP
Tbermosallnograpb
Seablro, S8L 21, wltb temperature sensor S8L 38
T| 20 Hull mounteo temperature probe






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