Research vessel INVESTIGATOR seen in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 30/08/2015

INVESTIGATOR is CSIRO's new $120 million dollar (AUD) purpose-built research vessel. She is the successor to CSIRO's previous flagship SOUTHERN SURVEYOR - IMO: 7113002.

INVESTIGATOR

Type: Research/Survey Vessel
Lloyds Classification: +100A1, +LMC RESEARCH VESSEL, DP (AM) UMS, ICE 1C, IWS, SPS CODE
IMO: 9616888 | MMSI: 503791000
Flag: Australian | Port of Registry: Hobart | Call Sign: VLMJ
Owner: CSIRO - Clayton, Australia | Manager: ASP Ship Management Group - Melbourne, Australia
Designer: RALion (Robert Allan Ltd. and Alion Science and Technology) from USA and Canada
Year Built: 2014 | Country of Build: Singapore | Builder: Sembawang Shipyard Pte. Ltd.
Date of Completion: 04.08.2014
GT: 6,082 | NT: 1,824 | DWT: 4,000
Length Overall: 93.9 m | Beam: 18.5 m | Bow to Bridge: 36.4 m | Height (waterline to top of ship): 37 m | Depth: 9.45 m | Draught: 6.2 m
Accommodation: Total 60 berths; approximately 20 crew, 5-10 technical support staff and 30-35 research staff depending on voyage objectives.
Capacities: Fuel Oil: 700 tonnes | Fresh Water: 38 tonnes
Main Crane: Dreggen electro-hydraulic knuckle boom crane, 25 tonnes @ 12 metres, 5 tonnes @ 20 metres
Forward Stores Crane: Dreggen electro-hydraulic pedestal crane 5 tonnes @ 10 metres
Aft Utility Cranes: 2 x Dreggen electro-hydraulic pedestal crane 5 tonnes @ 10 metres
A Frame: Triplex 20 tonne, height 9.4m, width 5.3m and capable of 170o swing range.
Handling Equipment for short and long sediment corer pipes: 1 x Triplex telescopic boom with 30 tonnes lifting capacity, 1 x Triplex corer pipe handler and 2 x Triplex corer pipe davits with 2 tonne lifting capacity.
Forward Towing Booms: 2 x Triplex hydraulic (port and starboard) 250 kg standoff 11 metres
Aft Towing Booms: 2 x Triplex hydraulic (port and starboard) 2.5 tonnes standoff 2.5 metres
Winch Types: 2 x trawl, 1 x net drum, 1 x heavy duty towing, 1 x towed body deployment and recovery, 1 x vertical sediment grab and light towing, 1 x long sediment coring, 2 x CTD
Propulsion: Diesel-Electric, 2 x fixed pitch propellers | Propulsion Motors: 2 x L3 AC reversible propulsion motors rated at 2600 kW minimum each.
Diesel Generators: 3 x 9 cylinder 3000kW MaK Diesel engines each coupled to a 690V AC Generator
Emergency Generator: 1 x 400 kW
Electrical Supply: 690V 3 phase 50Hz/415V 3 phase 50Hz/240V single phase 50Hz and uninterruptible power supply for laboratories and science equipment.
Rudders: 2 x independently vectoring Becker high lift | Steering Gear: 2 x rotary vane units
Dynamic Positioning: Kongsberg K-Pos - DP1 (AM) which allows the vessel to hold station within defined limits.
Drop Keels: 2 x drop keels with instrumentation mounting extendable to 4m below the keel. Either drop keel deployable at normal transiting speeds; both keels deployable at speeds less than 5 knots.
Gondola: 13 m x 9 m, 1.5 m below the keel with fixed acoustic instrumentation.
Stabilisers: Passive roll tanks
Bow Thruster: 1200 kW Azimuth bow thruster
Cruising Speed: 12 knots

For those who may be interested, more information on INVESTIGATOR can be found at:

http://mnf.csiro.au/Vessel/Investigator-2014.aspx

http://www.deepreef.org/images/stories/blog/RVInvestigator_ship_specifications_fact_sheet.pdf

http://mnf.csiro.au/Vessel/Investigator-2014/Specifications.aspx