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FRV Scotia

 

Main Activities: Fisheries Research

Operational Areas: North Sea and North East Atlantic

 

FRV Scotia Specification

 
Shipyard:   Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd of Port Glasgow

 

FRV Scotia 

FRV Scotia

Designer: Skipsteknisk A/S, of Ålesund, Norway
Classification: 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: 3 Wärtsilä Type 9L20 DE Marine diesel engines
Generators: 3 Ansaldo Type GSCR630X8
Propulsion motors:

2 Ansaldo Type DH900DC

Auxiliaries: 1 Cummings harbour alternator (240 KW)
1 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:

1 Furuno Far 2835 - S ARPA radar

2 Furuno FR 2110/ 6.5 ‘X’ band radar

1 Racal Marine Mk53 Decca receiver

1 Raytheon Nav 398 Loran C receiver

1 Sercel NR 58 DGPS satellite receiver

1 Sercel NR 230 DGPS satellite receiver

2 Microplot Mariner Navigation plotters with ARCS charts

1 Furuno FE680 Navigational echosounder

1 Robertson Autopilot

2 RGC11Gyro compasses

1 Lilley and Gilley Sestreline Class A magnetic compass

1 Furuno CI -35 Current / Speed log

1 Sailor communication equipment fully compliant to GMDSS area

Accommodation: 17 Crew, 12 Scientists
Cranes:

1 Aukra Type KDE60, articulated telescopic cod-end handling crane

1 Aukra 5T hydrographic equipment crane

1 Aukra 10T hydraulic plankton crane

1 Aukra 10T hydraulic crane to load containerised laboratories

1 Odim hydraulic Gamma frame (6.5T)

Winches:

2 Brattvaag Type D2M300 main trawl winches, housed below the main trawl deck. Maximum pull of 34T, capacity of 3,500m of 28 mm wire

1 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 28 mm wire

2 Brattvaag Type Net 2M4185 split netdrums with removable dividing flange. Each has a midpull of 24T and a drum capacity of 10 m3

1 Brattvaag Type Net M2202 net storage drum located in the net repair area

8 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: 150 kHz

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 instumentation system

Scanmar trawl instrumentation system

Simrad echosounding synchronisation system

 

 

 
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