Detailed characteristics

  • Length overall: 24.90 m
  • Beam: 7.50 m
  • Draught: 3.20 m
  • Displacement: 224
  • Gross tonnage: 148 UMS
  • Net tonnage: 49 UMS
  • Classification: Bureau Veritas
  • Diesel capacity: 30 m3
  • Fuel consumption: 110 lph
  • Crew: 7
  • Scientists, technicians and hydrographers: up to 12
  • Average operating speed during passages and cruises: 10 knots
  • Average speed during trials: 11 knots
  • Range: 10 days at 11 knots
  • Freshwater ballast: 21 m3
  • Wastewater ballast: 3 m3
  • Construction: 1993, Piriou, Concarneau, France
  • Owner: IFREMER
  • Operator: Genavir
  • Flag: France
  • Type: Fishing vessel specialized in coastal oceanographic research.
  • Call Sign: FGTO
  • MMSI number: 227 212 000

She is a category 2 vessel (up to 200 nautical miles from a safe haven) Ship’s complement for category 2 navigation is as follows:

  • Crew: 7
  • Special personnel: 8
  • Total: 15 people

Ship’s complement for trips at sea lasting up to twenty-four hours and in accordance with category 3 rules (up to 20 nautical miles from a safe haven):

  • Crew: 7
  • Special personnel: 12
  • Total: 19 people
  • Echo sounder, Simrad EA600, dual frequency 12 kHz & 200 kHz
  • Echo sounder, JMC F-3000, dual frequency 50 kHz & 200 kHz
  • GPS, 2 antennas, HEMISPHERE VS330 (position, heading and attitude; screens available on DB9 sockets on the bridge, in the wet lab and in the dry lab)
  • ADCP, hull fitted, RDI 75 kHz (acquisition of current data)
  • Weather station Batos Météo France 
  • Fluorometer, 10-AU-005-CE, Turner Designs
  • Thermosalinometer, SBE 21
  • Boom for acoustic equipment

Two scientific laboratories (total surface area approximately 14 m2):

  • Wet laboratory 9.4 m2
  • Multipurpose laboratory 4.5 m2

Scientific office space on the bridge: 3 m2

Afterdeck surface area: 22 m2

  • Space for one 10 ft container on the afterdeck.

Articulated stern gantry, WLL 5 tonnes

Winches for mobile equipment:

  • Fishing winch, length 2100 m, Ø 14 mm
  • Coring winch, length 4000 m, Ø 10.5 mm
  • Hydrology winch, length 3000 m, Ø 4.8 mm
  • Electromechanical cable winch, length 3600 m, Ø 6.45 mm
  • Handling crane, starboard side, WLL 1 tonne radius 5.1 m

 

VSAT system network:
Satellite link providing permanent communication (24/7) in the wider Mediterranean, equal to a shore-based broadband network.
Ethernet sockets on the bridge (crew has priority), in the wet lab and in the dry lab).
WiFi (hotspot in the dry lab, more to come): Tethys_WPA2-PSK_AES (key on the hub)

Download rate:

  • Maximum rate (BURST): 1024 kbps with a contention ratio of 8:1
  • Guaranteed minimum rate (CIR): 128 kbps

  Upload rate:

  • Maximum rate (BURST): 512 kbps with a contention ratio of 4:1
  • Guaranteed minimum rate (CIR): 128 kbps

NB: Users familiar with COFIN will be pleased to discover that restrictions relating to emission times, special inboxes and email sizes no longer apply.

  • Automatic pilot, Havant Navitron NT 777
  • Radar, JRC JMA 5200
  • Radar, JRC JMA 5100
  • Digital gyrocompass system, NAVIGAT XMK2
  • 2 DGPS, R5 Supreme, SAAB
  • AIS, SAAB
  • Chart and navigation software, Maxsea
  • Chart and navigation software, ECDISPILOT BASIC
  • Main propulsion: conventional diesel electric, POYAUD UD 25V12 478 kW at 1300 rpm
  • Thruster: tube/propeller diameter 558.8 mm, thrust 660 kgf
  • Electricity generation:
    • Generating set, 85 kVA, Perkins engine
    • Generating set, 55 kVA, Perkins engine; inverters 6 kVA & 3 kVA.

Telephone via GSM
Telephone via Inmarsat fleet 33, global reach
Telephone and fax via VSAT, covering the wider Mediterranean

Equipment installed:

  • Radio GMDSS Console, Sailor RT 2048 VHF
  • 1 VHF, DSC RM 2042 (70 ASN)
  • 1 Navtex NT 900
  • 1 Skanti 2182 WR 6000
  • 2 handheld VHF FM transceivers, YAESU
  • 1 direction finder VHF, Oceanide MK2
  • Brother FAX-T104