Vessel Spotlight – M/V Franklin
Last month I posted about the M/V Franklin, which was being upgraded by Kongsberg. This month we will take a closer look at the Franklin & its specs.
Take a look here for a fantastic write up of a survey job performed by the Franklin, complete with lots of great pictures!
Type of vessel
Oceanographic and Hydrographic
Research Vessel
Specifications
Flag: Sweden
Port of Registry: Gothenburg
Call sign: SEIN
IMO No: 8301797
Class: Lloyds Register (LR)
Class Notation: +100A1 DP (AM)
+LMC UMS
Builder and Dimensions
Builder: North Queensland Engineers & Agents Pty. Ltd.
Date of build: 03.1985
Hull No: 110
LOA: 55 m
Beam: 12 m
Draft max: 4.2 m
Required water depth: 6 m
Gross tonnage: 1178
Net tonnage: 353
Manning
Safe Manning Crew: 10
Performance
Service speed: 12 kts
Max speed: 13,5 kts
Range (service speed): 10 000nm
Fuel cons. (survey speed): 3MT/day
Propulsion
Single Wärtsilä 12V22MD, 1590 kw @ 900 RPM
Single Lips BV CPP propeller.
Bowthruster: Retractable azimuth 295 kw, 5,3ton
Sternthruster: Tunnel 295 kw, 4,5ton
Station holding capacity, DP class 1
Power supply
Shaft generator: 800 kVA
Diesel generators: 2 x 375 kVA Volvo Penta D12
415V 50 Hz 3 phase
240V 50 Hz, UPS available
Deck equipment
A-Frames
Stern: 5-8 mt(dynamic 5mt)
Over-the-side: 2.8 mt(wire depending)
Winches: (SWL wire depending)
Stern: 17,3mm single coax wire 4500 m
11,3 mm signal coax wire 2000 m
Side: 11,3 mm single coax 2500 m
Deck crane: 30,5 tonm, winch SWL: 2,65MT
Free deck space
Ca 85 M2, 3 x 20” container. Additional space optional.
Bunkers
Fuel: 198 tonnes
Luboil: 4,0 tonnes
Freshwater: 75 tonnes
Work spaces
Wet lab
General purpose lab
Chemistry lab
Survey room
Post-processing room
Meeting room
Separate client office
Navigation/communication equipment
Radar: Furuno 2117
ECDIS: Transas
GMDSS A3
V-Sat (Internet, phone)
Fleet 77(Internet, phone)
Tracnet (Internet, TV)
Obstacle Avoidance Sonar: Furuno
Accommodation
Cabins and beds for 10 crew and 17 special personnel.
(15 single cabins, 12 double cabins)
Safety certificate for 50 people onboard (short trip)
Mess room
Day room
Dressing Room
2 Laundries
Hospital
Gymnasium
Navigation and Positioning
Primary Positioning System PosMV 320 with RTK/IALA corrections
Secondary Positioning System Ashtech GG24 with RTK/IALA corrections
Third Positioning System Cresent R100 SBAS and IALA receiver
Applanix POS MV 320 Gyro.
Applanix POS MV 320 inertial navigation sensor
Aron 2000 navigation survey system
Sound Velocity Profiler AML SVP+
Sound Velocity hull mounted
Transas ECDIS
Bathymetry and Geophysics
Multibeam Echo sounder – Kongsberg EM 710
Echo Sounder – Kongsberg EA400
Dual Frequency 33/200 kHz
Side Scan Sonar – Edgetech 2400
Dual Frequency Digital 75/410 kHz
Side Scan Sonar – Edgetech 4200
Dual Frequency Digital 300/600 kHz
Sub-bottom profiler – Edgetech 2400
Frequency 0.5-10 kHz
Underwater positioning USBL IXSEA GAPS
Triton ISIS digital hydro acoustic record and interpretation software
Off-line software
Triton SS-LOGGER interpretation software
Triton Delphmap mosaic software
Triton Delph Seismic software
Kongsberg Neptune II processing software
Fledermaus editing software
CARIS HIPS & SIPS 6.3
Cfloor mapping software
AutoCad 2005 Map presentation software
Arc GIS software package
PC and SUN work stations
Seafloor sampling and underwater inspection
ROV
ROTV
Corers
Samplers
Camera
Video sledges
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