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Vessel Data and Contact Information for the
Scotia

Last Updated - 11/5/2003
Main Activities
Dimensions
Capacities & Workspaces
Range, Speed, Endurance
Accommodations
DP Equipment
CTD Specs
Coring Specs
Underwater Vehicles
Diving Capabilities
Engineering Design
Navigation & Communications
Acoustics & Profiling
Winches, Gantries & Cranes
Construction
Country: UK

NODC Code:

74SC
    Call Sign: MXHR6
Owner: Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department, Fisheries Research Services (FRS)
Operator: FRS Marine Laboratory
Contact: John Morrison
Address: FRS Marine Laboratory
PO Box 101, 375 Victoria Road
Aberdeen, AB11 9DB UK
Telephone: 01224 876544
Fax: 01224 295511
Email: j.morrison@marlab.ac.uk
Year Built: 1998
Ship URL: Link to Ship Home Page

Ship Schedule URL:

Unknown

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Main Dimensions

  Length OA: 68.6  m
  Breadth: 15  m
  Freeboard to working deck: Unknown
  Max. draft: 5.6  m
   

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Main Vessel Activity

  Main Activity: Fishstock assessment and environmental monitoring
  Operating Area: North Sea and North East Atlantic waters
  Navy Grids Supported:
   

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Capacities and Working Spaces

  Gross tonnage: 2619  GRT
  Dry cargo holds: Unknown
  Fuel: Unknown
  Wet Labs Area: Unknown
  Dry Lab Area: Unknown
  Fresh Water
 Storage Capacity:
Unknown
  Fresh Water Generator Capacity: Unknown
  Scientific Clean Water Generation: Unknown
  Free Working Deck Area: Unknown
  Space for container lab: Unknown
  Radioactive Isotope Work Areas: Unknown
   

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Range, Speed and Endurance

  Range: Unknown
  Cruising Speed: 13  kts.
  Max. Speed: 15  kts.
  Endurance: Unknown
   

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Accommodation

  Officers: Unknown
  Other crew: 17
  Scientists: 12
  Air Conditioned: Unknown
     

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Data Processing Equipment:

  Computers: Unknown
  Printing/Plotting: Unknown
     

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CTD Specifications:

  CTD Aboard: Unknown
  CTD Type: Unknown
  CTD Tow able: Unknown
  CTD Oxygen Sensing: Unknown
  CTD Transmissivity: Unknown
  CTD Fluormeter: Unknown
  CTD Rosette: Unknown
     

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Coring Specifications:

  Coring Capabilities Aboard: Unknown
  Grab Sampler: Unknown
  Box Corer: Unknown
  Gravity Corer: Unknown
  Piston Corer: Unknown
  Multi Corer: Unknown
     

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Underwater Vehicle Capabilities:

  Underwater Vehicle Support: Unknown
  ROVs: Unknown
  AUVs: Unknown
  Submersibles: Unknown
     

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Diving Support:

  Diving Capabilities: Unknown
     

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Engineering Design Particulars

 

Ice Breaking Ability:

Unknown
 

Hull Materials:

 
Unknown
  Dynamic Positioning Ability: Unknown
  Engines: Main engine(s): number:  Unknown   make:  Unknown
Power (BHP) each engine:  Unknown

Propeller Diameter:  Unknown
  m Max. RPM:   Unknown
Total power auxiliary diesels:  Unknown
  HP
  Electrical Systems:  
 

AC    

 Voltages: Unknown
     kVA: Unknown
    Phases: Unknown
   

Frequency:

Unknown
   

Stabilized System:  Unknown  VAC  Unknown  AMPs   Unknown  Hz

 

DC

  Unknown   Volts with  Unknown  Volts Max

       
 

Fixed Equipment

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Navigation and Communication:

  Navigational Equipment: Robertson Autopilot; 2 × Robertson R611 gyro compasses with repeaters, Lilley and Gilley Sestreline Class A Magnetic Compass; Furuno C1-35 Current Speed Log; Furuno FE Navigational Echosounder
  Communications Equipment: Racal Marine Mk 53 Decca Receiver, Raytheon Nav 398; Loran C Receiver, 2 × Microplot Mariner Navigation plotters with ARCS charts; Furuno Far 2835 – S ARPA Radar, 2 × FR 2110/ 6.5 X Band Radars
  Satellite Communications Equipment: Unknown
  GPS: Sercel NR 58 DGPS, Sercel NR 230 DGPS
     

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Acoustics and Profiling:

  Echosounders: Scientific Echosounder: Simrad EK500 with 38kHz, 120kHz and 200kHz transducers; Hydrograhic Echosounder: Simrad EA-500 with 18kHz transducer; Multibeam Echosounder: Simrad EM-950
  Sonar Type: Unknown
  Sea Surface Mapping System: Unknown
  Side Scanning: Unknown
  Multibeam: Unknown
  Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler: Unknown
  Silent Ship Operations: Unknown
     

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Oceanographic:

  Winches: Unknown  
    Steel Wire Length: Unknown  safe working load:  Unknown
    Conducting Cable Length:  Unknown , safe working load:  Unknown
    Trawl winch length:  Unknown , safe working load:  Unknown
    Other Winches:
      Length:  Unknown , safe working load:  Unknown
     
  Gantry: Position: Unknown
   

Clearance above deck:  Unknown , and outboard extension:  Unknown

   

Safe working load at maximum reach:  Unknown

       
  Crane: Position: Unknown
   

Clearance above deck:  Unknown  and outboard extension:  Unknown

   

Safe working load at maximum reach:  Unknown

       
  Other:   Unknown
       

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Vessel Construction and Maintenance Supervision

  Construction Supervised by: Unknown
  Classification Society: Unknown
  Others, Specify: Unknown
     
 
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