Celtic Voyager

Celtic Voyager

Ship data flag  Ireland Ship type Research ship class ST-365 Callsign EIQN home port Dublin Shipyard Scheepswerf Visser, Den Helder

Ship dimensions and crew length 32.45 m ( Lüa ) 27.60 m ( Lpp ) width 8.50 m Side height 4.00 m Draft Max. 2.90 m measurement 340 GT   crew 7th

Machine system machine 1 × Wärtsilä - diesel engine (UD25M5) Machine performance 626 kW (851 hp) Top speed 10 kn (19 km / h) propeller 1 × controllable pitch propeller

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 8 scientists Pax cabins 4th

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register IMO no. 9154842

The Celtic Voyager is a research vessel for the Irish Navy Institute. The ship is managed by P&O Maritime Ireland.

history

The ship, designed by the Norwegian company Skipsteknisk, was built in the Netherlands at what was then the Visser shipyard in Den Helder . The hull was supplied by the Romanian shipyard Galati Santierul Naval under hull number 340. The ship was completed in July 1997. The ship replaced Lough Beltra , a former fishing trawler built in 1973 and converted into a research ship in 1978 . The construction costs amounted to 1.75 million IEP . 75% of this came from the European Regional Development Fund .

The Celtic Voyager is to be replaced by a new building in 2022. This will again be designed by the skipsteknisk naval architecture firm and built at the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon in Vigo .

Technical specifications

The drive of the ship by an Wärtsilä - diesel engine (type UD25M5) with 626  kW power . The motor acts on a controllable pitch propeller via a gearbox. Two generators with 68 kW each and one generator with 38 kW output are available for the power supply.

The ship is equipped with a bow thruster with 104 kW power.

Furnishing

The ship is equipped with a 21 m² dry laboratory and a 14 m² wet laboratory as well as an electronics laboratory. A 10-foot laboratory container can be loaded on deck .

The working area on deck is 35 m². At the stern of the ship there is a stern boom that can be swiveled through 90 °. The lifting capacity of the rear boom is 10 t. The ship is also equipped with a crane that can lift up to 19 t and various winches .

There is space on board for a total of 15 people, including seven crew members and eight scientists. Four double cabins are available for the scientists. The ship can stay at sea for up to 14 days.

literature

• Michael Orren: Ireland takes delivery of Celtic Voyager. In: Ocean Challange - The Magazine of the Challenger Society for Marine Science , Vol. 7, No. 3, 1997, p. 14 ISSN  0959-0161 (PDF file, 5.3 MB).

Web links

Commons : Celtic Voyager  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ship information , Marine Institute
• Brochure , Marine Institute (PDF file, 830 kB)
• Vessel User Guidelines (PDF file, 583 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fleet , P&O Maritime. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
2. ^ Roddy O'Sullivan: Woods launches first custom-built research vessel , The Irish Times , September 16, 1997. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
3. ↑ Ireland Invests in Marine Research Fleet , The Motorship, January 9, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020.