James Clark Ross (ship)
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The James Clark Ross is a research vessel of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) , a British polar research program .
history
The ship was under the hull number 132 on the shipyard Swan Hunter Shipbuilders in Wallsend built. It was launched in December 1990 and completed on September 28, 1991. The ship named after the English explorer and navigator James Clark Ross was the first BAS research ship built for use in polar research. It replaced the 1991 decommissioned John Biscoe .
The decommissioning of the ship is planned for 2019. [obsolete] It will then be replaced by Sir David Attenborough . [outdated]
Technical data and equipment
The ship is powered by diesel-electric technology . Four Wärtsilä diesel engines (2 × Wärtsilä 8R32E with 3,100 kW output each and 2 × Wärtsilä 6R22 / 26 with 1,000 kW output each) are available for power generation, which drive four GEC generators. The propulsion is done by a GEC electric motor that acts on a fixed propeller . The ship is equipped with a transverse thruster control system in the bow and stern area .
The open aft deck is 370 m². A further 150 m² of open deck area is available on the starboard side and 130 m² in the foredeck area.
Five 20-foot containers can be loaded on deck . Four of the containers can be found on the aft deck, one on the foredeck. The containers can, for. B. can be used as a laboratory container. There is a hold in front of the superstructure, which is closed with hydraulically operated folding hatch covers. On the port side, a tender boat is carried in the fore ship area, with which z. B. Equipment and supplies for the British research stations in the Antarctic can be transported from the ship. The ship is equipped with tanks for aviation fuel and diesel fuel, which is also carried for the research stations.
The ship can stay at sea for around 57 days. 15 single cabins, four four-bed cabins and a cabin with two beds for the chief scientist are available for scientific staff. One of the individual cabins is required on research trips for an additional officer of the ship's crew to be embarked. The maximum crew size, including the ship's doctor, is 29 people who are accommodated in single cabins.
The ship has several lifting tools, including a crane with 20 t lifting capacity in the fore section and a crane with 10 t lifting capacity in the aft section. The ship is also equipped with a swiveling stern boom with a lifting capacity of 20 t.
There are nine laboratories on board as well as additional rooms for scientific work. The ship is equipped for scientific work with echo sounders , logging and various winches .
The hull of the ship is reinforced with ice ( ice class 1A Super). The ship can move through a meter thick sea ice at two knots .
Others
The ship was shown several times on postage stamps.
literature
- James Clark Ross: a new Antarctic research ship. In: Significant Ships of 1991. The Royal Institution of Naval Architects , Pensord Press, Blackwood 1991, ISBN 0903055139 , pp. 55-46.
Web links
- RRS James Clark Ross , British Antarctic Survey
- RRS James Clark Ross: virtual tour , British Antarctic Survey
- RRS James Clark Ross webcam , British Antarctic Survey
- British Antarctic Survey Ships , British Antarctic Survey (PDF file, 730 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b James Clark Ross , Tyne built ships. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ History of BAS ships , British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ RRS Sir David Attenborough , British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ James Clark Ross , ShipStamps.co.uk. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ Ships in Antarctic , Philately Marine. Retrieved May 24, 2017.