The hydrograph is a research ship of the shipping company Nordlicht GmbH, Cuxhaven and is used by the shipping company OS Energy, which has operated a fleet of specialized offshore multi-purpose ships for more than 15 years.
The hydrograph was built in 1967 under the name Optinor with hull number 93 at Mjellem & Karlsen Verft in Bergen and used by the Norwegian Coast Guard as a fisheries protection boat. With her, among other things, enemy submarines were tracked down in coastal waters. It was sold in May 1990 and operated under the name Stril Guard until 1996 . The ship then sailed under the name Nysleppen until 2007 . It has been owned by the Nordlicht shipping company as a hydrograph since 2013 .
description
The ship is 39.70 meters long, 7.80 meters wide and has a draft of 2.90 meters. The call sign is DFKL, the IMO no. 6724440 and the MMSI no. 218298000. A Volvo Penta D5A with an engine output of 850 hp is installed as the main engine .
The Nysleppen in May 2007 in Cuxhaven
Deck equipment
The deck areas are: aft deck 28 m²; Boat deck 30 m²
Deck load: 28 tons
Crane capacity: SWL 2.3 tons
5.0 ton winch
Bird watching box
Motion-compensated container holder
Survey pole mounts installed
The hydrograph works in Germany as a research ship and is often used in offshore wind farms for bird watching, data for legally required environmental reports are collected. It is also used to take soil samples and count harbor porpoises as well as sound measurements when ramming the foundations of offshore wind farms.
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