TECHNOLOGY
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
Exploration Vessel Nautilus
Telepresence Technology
VSaT | 2.4 meter tracking antenna capable 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 | One Sony BZR-800 high definition pan/tilt/
zoom camera mounted in the Control Van and on the
aft deck; one Marshall Electronics VS-570-HDSDI high
definition camera with pan/tilt/zoom, and microphone
for interaction 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, Science
Communication Fellow