Ocean Survey Vessel
Built by Appledore Shipbuilders, Bideford.(Sub Contract from BAeSema)
Launched 13 Oct 1996. Commissioned 30 June 1997

Class and type: Scott-class ocean survey vessel[3]
Displacement: 13,500 t (13,300 long tons; 14,900 short tons)
Length: 131.1 m (430 ft)
Beam: 21.5 m (71 ft)
Draught: 8.3 m (27 ft)
Propulsion:

2 × Krupp MaK 9M32 9-cylinder diesel engines
Single shaft with controllable-pitch propeller
Retractable bow thruster

Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 78
Sensors and
processing systems:

Kelvin Hughes ARPA 1626, I-band navigation radar
Sonar array sounding system (SASS)
Proton magnetometer
Sonar 2090 ocean environment sensor
SASS IV multibeam depth-sounder