GO Sars (ship)

GO Sars

Ship data flag  Norway Ship type Research ship class ST-368 Callsign LMEL home port Mountains Owner Havforskningsinstituttet Shipyard Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk Build number 175 Keel laying May 16, 2002 Launch December 2, 2002

Ship dimensions and crew length 77.50 m ( Lüa ) 68.40 m ( Lpp ) width 16.40 m Side height 6.20 m Draft Max. 6.30 m measurement 4,067 GT / 1,220 NRZ

Machine system machine diesel-electric 2 × electric motor Machine performance 6,000 kW (8,158 hp) Top speed 17 kn (31 km / h) Generator power 8,100 kW (11,013 hp) propeller 1 × fixed propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 1,308 dw Permitted number of passengers 30 scientists

Furnishing Bollard pull 50 t

Others Classifications DNV GL IMO no. 9260316

The GO Sars is a Norwegian fisheries research vessel .

The ship is the Havforskningsinstituttet bereedert and jointly by the Universitetet i Bergen used and the Havforskningsinstituttet. The ship is named after the Norwegian marine biologist Georg Ossian Sars .

history

The ship was built by Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk under hull number 175. The construction contract was signed on December 22nd, 2000. The hull of the ship was delivered by the Polish Crist shipyard . The construction of the sections there began in autumn 2001. The sections were welded together at the beginning of 2002 and the hull was then towed to Kvina Verft in Norway, where the new building was fitted out and superstructured until mid-August 2002. The final equipment was carried out at Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk. The completion of the ship took place on April 11, 2003, the handover to the client on April 25, 2003. The ship was christened on May 7, 2003 in Bergen . The godmother was the Norwegian Queen Sonja of Norway . The ship's design came from the Norwegian company Skipsteknisk. The construction of the ship cost around 400 million Norwegian crowns .

Technical specifications

The ship is powered by diesel-electric technology . For Propulsion Two Teco-Westinghouse electric motors , each with 3,000  kW power available that act directly on a fixed-pitch propeller. The power supply to the drive motors via three generator sets with three Wärtsilä - diesel engines (type: 6L32) kW with 2,700 power and three Siemens - generators , each with 3,250  kVA apparent power . In addition, a harbor generator with a diesel engine from the manufacturer Volvo Penta (type: D25MS) and a Stamford generator as well as an emergency power generator, also with a diesel engine from the manufacturer Volvo Penta (type: TAMD 103) and a Stamford generator, were installed.

The ship is equipped with a bow thruster and a stern thruster with 600 or 450 kW output and a propeller nacelle with 900 kW output in the bow area. It has a dynamic positioning system.

The hull of the ship is reinforced with ice .

Furnishing

The ship has seven decks . It is equipped with various wet and dry laboratories. Several 10-foot containers can be carried on deck . The ship, built as a trawler , is equipped for trawling with floating trawls for pelagic fishing or bottom trawling . It also has sonar and echo sounder systems and is equipped for the use of ROVs . There are various cranes and winches on board .

On board there is space for 45 people in a total of 32 cabins (13 double and 19 single cabins), 15 of which are for crew members and 30 for scientists.

The ship can stay at sea for up to 45 days, covering 18,000  nautical miles .

Others

In 2003 the ship received the “Ship of the Year Award” from the Norwegian trade journal Skipsrevyen. It fulfills the requirements of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea with regard to the emission of underwater noise (ICES 209).

The ship was the subject of the 2010 documentary series "Mighty Ships" on the Discovery Channel .

Web links

Commons : GO Sars  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Information about the ship , Institute of Marine Research (Havforskningsinstituttet)
• Information about the ship ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), University of Bergen
• GA map of the ship (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Our ships - and the men whose name they bear , Institute of Marine Research. (PDF, 2.2 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} G.O. Sars , Skipsteknisk. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
2. ↑ Background about the GO Sars ( Memento from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), University of Bergen. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Ship of the Year 2003 - M / S "GO SARS" , Ship of the Year Award, Skipsrevyen. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
4. ↑ GO Sars Specs (Technical specifications) ( Memento from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), University of Bergen. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
5. ^ GO Sars , Wärtsilä. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
6. ↑ ^{a b c} G.O. Sars Research Vessel, Norway , Ship Technology. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
7. ^ ^{A b} Fishery research vessel GO Sars , Wärtsilä Encyclopedia of Marine Technology. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
8. ↑ GO Sars ( memento of March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Maritimt Magasin, March 10, 2008.
9. ^ GO Sars , Scientific references, Kongsberg Maritime . Retrieved July 9, 2020.
10. ^ GO Sars , Vessel Data and Contact Information, International Research Vessel Schedules & Information. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
11. ↑ Discovery channel aboard the GO Sars , Center for Geobiology, University of Bergen, July 3, 2009. Accessed July 9, 2020th
12. ↑ GO SARS, Mighty Ships: Season 3, Episode 1 , Internet Movie Database . Retrieved July 9, 2020.