Capella (ship, 2004)
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The Capella is a German survey ship operated by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) in Hamburg. The ship is owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Ministry of Transport .
history
The ship was built in 2003 under the construction number 01/1/1920 at the Fr. Fassmer GmbH & Co. KG shipyard in Berne -Motzen. The ship was hulled from May 2002 to March 2003 at the Slovenské Lodenice Komárno shipyard in Slovakia . The keel was laid on May 28, 2002, the launch on March 5, 2003. The hull was then transferred from the Danube to the Weser via the European river and canal system .
The ship was christened in Berne on October 30, 2003 . Godmother was Ingrid Stolpe, the wife of the then Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing, Manfred Stolpe . The ship was completed on January 5th, and commissioned on January 23rd, 2004.
Equipment and use
The ship is mainly used for surveying tasks and scientific work in the shallow waters of the German coastal waters of the North and Baltic Seas . In contrast to the other survey, wreck search and research vessels of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency , the survey ship was designed for these tasks with a draft of only 1.60 m. The hull of the ship is flat so that it can fall dry , so the ship can touch the sea floor when the water is low . The ship has an operating radius of 1,100 nautical miles and can stay at sea for up to ten days.
For surveying tasks and scientific work, the ship has appropriate scientific and technical workstations, facilities and equipment, including GPS / radio measurement technology, sonar systems and plumbing . In addition, the Capella is equipped with two flat-going survey boats and a rubber dinghy, which in turn are equipped with echo sounders .
There is space for a total of eleven people on board. The nine crew members are accommodated in nine individual chambers. A double chamber is available for two scientists or technicians traveling on board.
The home port is Rostock , the ship is mainly used on the German coastal waters of the Baltic Sea, but it is also often used on the German North Sea coast, especially in the North Frisian waters.
Technical specifications
The drive of the vessel by two eight-cylinder - four cycle - diesel engines of the manufacturer MTU Friedrichshafen (type: 8 V 2000 M60) with 400 kW power , acting on a respective fixed propeller. The ship can thus reach a speed of up to 11 knots . In addition, it has a bow thruster with 150 kW output. Two generators with an apparent power of 264 kVA each are installed for the power supply on board . The emergency and harbor generator has an apparent power of 89 kVA. The engines run on synthetic GtL fuel . The fuel is sulfur-free, which means better exhaust gas values are achieved than with conventional diesel fuels.
During the lay time in Rostock, the ship is supplied with electricity via a shore connection . The generators can be switched off in the port and the environmental pollution with exhaust gases, noise and waste heat can be reduced.
Namesake
The ship is named after the star Capella , the main star in the constellation Fuhrmann .
Web links
- Research, survey and wreck search ships at the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
- Fassmer delivers 43-m survey vessel Capella ( Memento from May 8, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- Data sheet , Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (PDF, 116 kB)
- 43 m Hydrographic Vessel , data sheet, Ms. Fassmer (PDF, 205 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Capella - A survey vessel for shallow waters , Hydro International ( English ). Retrieved October 16, 2012
- ^ Christening of the new maritime survey ship "Capella" , press release of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing, October 30, 2003. Accessed on October 19, 2012
- ↑ BSH in Rostock puts shore power connection for research ship on Neptunkai into operation , press release, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, December 11, 2018. Accessed December 11, 2018.
- ↑ Federal Office builds shore power in Rostock , Ostsee-Zeitung , December 11, 2018. Accessed December 11, 2018.