GENERAL
BUILT | 1967, Rostock, Germany
LENGTH | 64.23 meters (211 feet)
BEAM | 10.5 meters (34.5 feet)
DRAFT | 4.9 meters (14.75 feet)
TONNAGE | 1,249 gross, 374 net
RANGE | 24,000 kilometers (13,000 nautical miles)
ENDURANCE | 40 days at sea
SPEED | 10 knots service, 12 knots maximum
FUEL CAPACITY | 330 cubic meters
PROPULSION | Single 1,286 kilowatt (1,700 hp) controllable
pitch main thruster; 250 kW bow
thruster; 350 kW jet pump stern thruster
SHIP SERVICE GENERATORS | Two 500 kVa generators, one
350 kVa generator, and one 450 kVa shaft generator
PORTABLE VAN SPACE | One 20-foot van
COMPLEMENT | 17 crew; 31 science and operations
FLAG | St. Vincent and the Grenadines
HEAVY EQUIPMENT |
• Dynacon 421 ROV winch with 4,500 meter (14,764 feet)
Rochester A302351 1.73 centimeter (0.68 inch)
diameter cable
• DT Marine 210 winch with 1,200 m Rochester
A320327 0.82 centimeter (0.322 inch) diameter wire
• Bonfiglioli knuckle-boom crane, 4.2 ton capacity,
two extensions
• A-frame, 6 ton capacity
DATA PROCESSING & VISUALIZATION LAB
AREA | 44.5 square meters (480 square feet)
WORKSTATIONS | Seven workstations for data manager,
data loggers, navigators, educators, data engineers,
satellite engineer, video engineer; high-resolution map,
multi beam, and side-scan sonar processing;
flexible bench space
TELEPRESENCE TECHNOLOGY
VSAT | 2.4 meter axis stabilized Sea Tel 9711 uplink antenna
capable of C and Ku band operation of up to 20 Mbps
(C-band circular or linear)
REAL-TIME VIDEO STREAMING |
• Four Tandberg standard definition encoders with
multiplex for encapsulating real-time video
• Harmonic Electra 7000 high definition encoder
CAMERAS | Two Sony BZR-H700 high definition pan/
tilt/zoom cameras mounted to view the aft deck and
port rail; one BZR-H700 in the control vans; Marshall
VS-570 PTZ cameras in the wet lab (with microphone
for communicate with scientists ashore) and in the ROV
hanger with shore, mounted in Wet Lab and ROV hangar
COMMUNICATIONS |
• Ship-wide RTS Telex intercom system for real-time
communications between ship and shore
• Handheld UHF radios are interfaced with the RTS
intercom system for deck, bridge, and Control Room
communications
CONTROL & IMAGING VANS
AREA | 28 square meters (301.4 square feet)
WORKSTATIONS | Nine; typical configuration for ROV
operations: two to three scientists, data logger, Hercules
pilot, Argus pilot, navigator, video engineer, educator
Technology
E/V Nautilus