A. v. Humboldt

A. v. Humboldt

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names Georgius Agricola (1967–1970) Franklin (2004–2006) A. v. Humboldt (2007–2009) Nautilus (since 2009) Ship type Research ship Callsign Y3CW home port Rostock Shipyard Peene shipyard , Wolgast Build number 222 Launch February 21, 1967

Ship dimensions and crew length 64.23 m ( Lüa ) 56.15 m ( Lpp ) width 10.50 m Draft Max. 5.20 m measurement 1,249 GT / 374 NRZ   crew 16/12 scientists

Machine system machine Two-stroke diesel engine , VEB Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock Machine performance 1,285 kW (1,747 hp) Service speed 10 kn (19 km / h) Top speed 12 kn (22 km / h) propeller 1 × controllable pitch propeller

Others Classifications DNV GL Registration numbers IMO 6711883

The A. v. Humboldt is a former German research ship . The owner was the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The ship was operated by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde (IOW). The ship management of the ship was carried out since 1992 by BMS Baltic Marine Service GmbH in Rostock, the scheduling by the control group "Mean research vessels" at the Institute of Oceanography of the University of Hamburg .

history

The ship was built in 1967 at the VEB Peene shipyard in Wolgast as an Artur Becker type trawler . The keel was laid on November 4, 1966, the launch on February 21, 1967. The ship was completed on July 8, 1967.

The ship is powered by a six - cylinder two - stroke diesel engine from VEB Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock (model 6 NZD 72) with an output of 1285  kW , which acts on a controllable pitch propeller , and reaches a speed of up to 12  knots . It has a bow thruster as a maneuvering aid .

The ship was initially used under the name Georgius Agricola as a geophysical research ship for raw material exploration in the Baltic Sea. When work was stopped in early 1970, the ship was taken over as a research ship by the Institute for Marine Research of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR on May 1, 1970 . It was initially converted provisionally. It was not until July 1977 to October 1978 that the ship could be converted into a research ship. With an operating radius of around 12,700 nm, it could remain at sea for around 50 days without interruption. It had nine laboratories as well as several winches and cranes for use as a research ship, including a stern boom with a load capacity of 5 t.

The GDR used the ship primarily for research trips in the North and South Atlantic . After the German reunification , the main area of ​​operation of the ship was in the Baltic Sea .

In September 2004 the ship was decommissioned and replaced in 2005 by the Maria S. Merian .

Whereabouts

The A. v. Humboldt was sold after its decommissioning and returned to service as Franklin under the Antigua and Barbudas flag (callsign: V2PJ6, home port: St. John's ). In 2007 the ship was sold to Eagle Shipping in the British Virgin Islands and returned to A. v. Renamed Humboldt . The ship now came under the flag of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (callsign: J8B3605, home port: Kingstown ). The ship was resold by Eagle Shipping. In 2008 it was in Cuxhaven, and in spring 2009 at Rickmers-Lloyd Dockbetriebe in Bremerhaven. Humboldt Shipping on the Cayman Islands is registered as the owner of the ship, which has meanwhile been renamed Nautilus , and the operator is the US company Ocean Exploration Trust, which continues to use the ship as a research ship under the flag of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The ship is operated by the Irish company Toner Technical & Marine.

Web links

Commons : A. v. Humboldt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Data sheet of A. v. Humboldt , IOW (PDF file, 165 kB)
• Nautilus Live

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ocean Exploration Trust Company website . Retrieved September 8, 2011.
2. ^ EV Nautilus , Maritime Management. Retrieved December 28, 2016.