- Length overall: 34.95 m
- Beam: 11.91 m
- Draught: 3.323 m
- Displacement:
- Gross tonnage: 571 UMS – 421.40 RT
- Net tonnage: 171 UMS – 84.25 RT
- Classification: Bureau Veritas
- Diesel capacity: 73 m3
- Fuel consumption: 3 m3 per day in transit
- Stabilization: N/A
- Crew: 9 to 13
- Scientists, technicians and hydrographers: up to 10
- Average operating speed during passages and cruises: 8.5 knots
- Average speed during trials:
- Range: 18 days at 10 knots
- Freshwater ballast: 34 m3
- Wastewater ballast: 4 m3
- Construction: 1995
- Owner: IRD
- Scientific operator: IFREMER
- Operator: Genavir
- Flag: France
- Type: Coastal and deep-sea oceanographic research vessel.
- Call Sign: FNUR
- Registry number: BR 854508
- IMO number: 9128506
- Water column echo sounder
- Sonar SIMRAD SP91
- Trawl-net sensors: SCANMAR
- Acoustic Doppler current profiler RDI OS 75 kHz
- Thermosalinometer
- Temperature sensor SEABIRD SBE38
- Bathythermograph
- Freezer, -18 °C, volume 2 x 600 litres
- Deep freezer -80°C
- Weather station: Batos - Météo France
- Bottom trawl-net: large vertical opening, 2 sides – 29 m; 24 m headrope
- Pelagic trawl net
- Plankton larvae trawl net 24 m
- Microplankton trawl net
A 40 m2 Scientific Operations Room on the upper deck.
Two laboratories on the main deck: a wet laboratory and a dry laboratory.
- Folding crane, 11.14 m; 2.5 tonnes radius 11.14 m; 4 tonnes radius 5.37 m
- Forward crane, Hydro Armor 6TM
- Tilting stern gantry ALP/ALM AMGC, WLL 5 tonnes; travel 5.5 m; 3 m AFT of the transom; 2.5 m FWD of the transom
- Hydrology hoist WLL 0.5 tonne
- Fishing winch (x 2) BOPP (BE: 4714/A)
Pull at average diameter: 6.5 tonnes
Length: 2 x 2,000 m
Diameter 16 mm - Retractable boom for scientific instruments; WLL 90 kg; depth 3.6 m;
max speed 6 knots - Multipurpose fishing net winch, 1 x Bopp
- Hydrology winch, Bopp; length 2200 m; diameter 6.45 mm
- CTD winch, electromechanical cable, Bopp; length 3800 m; diameter 10.85 mm
- Windlass
- Berthing winch
- Tender ZODIAC PRO500 (4.70 m) and YAMAHA outboard 30 hp 4T
- Container 20 ft
Network: 80 sockets (1 Gbps)
Servers and data storage: VMWare virtualization, 5 TB of storage for scientific data.
Satellite communications: Ku-band VSAT (1 m) and FBB 500.
- Clock, ACEB
- Radar, FURUNO
- Gyrocompass, 2 OCTANS
- GPS, ACQUARIUS
- Log, SAGEM
- Direction finder, TAIYO TD-1630
- Radio GMDSS console, SAILOR
- SSB GMDSS console 2 MHz to 24 MHz
- Automatic pilot
- AIS, Debeg 3400
- Navigation echo sounders, FURUNO
- Satellite communications via Inmarsat Fleet
- VHF 150 MHz to 180 MHz
- Standard C 1.5 GHz & 1.6 GHz
- Main propulsion: 2 Volvo engines (2 x 660 hp)
- 2 variable pitch propellers
- Electricity generation: 380 V (50 Hz) triple phase and 220 V (50 Hz) single phase
- Regulated power supply: 220 V stabilized around 2 kVA
- Diesel: 68 m3
- Call Sign: FNUR
- Telephone via GSM Itineris Standard automatic (8 W)
- Telephone via Inmarsat
- Fax via Inmarsat
- Telex via Inmarsat