Mtafiti

**Mtafiti**
	The ship as Zeeleeuw
Ship data
flag	Kenya
other ship names	Zeeleeuw ; Loodsboot 2
Ship type	Research ship
Callsign	5ZZI
home port	Mombasa
Shipyard	Scheepswerf van Langerbrugge
Ship dimensions and crew
length	55.10 m ( Lüa ) 50.60 m ( Lpp )
width	9.10 m
Side height	5.85 m
Draft	Max. 3.65 m
measurement	625 GRT / 264 NRT
Machine system
machine	2 × ABC - diesel engine (type: 6MDXC)
Machine ; performance	1,192 kW (1,621 hp)
Service ; speed	12 kn (22 km / h)
propeller	1 × controllable pitch propeller
Others
IMO no.	8424903

The Mtafiti is a research vessel of the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI).

history

The ship was built at the Scheepswerf van Langerbrugge as the Loodsboot 2 pilot boat and put into service in 1977. Home port was Antwerp .

In 2000 it was converted into a research ship for the Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee in Ostend . The new name of the ship was Zeeleeuw (sea lion), Ostend's home port. The Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee took the ship to 2012 for research before the Belgian coast and in the Scheldt estuary, bereedert it was DAB Vloot. In 2012 the ship was replaced by the Simon Stevin . The Zeeleeuw had covered around 155,000 km in the course of its service life .

In 2013 the ship was handed over to Kenya as part of a collaboration between the Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee and the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute . For this purpose, it was adapted for the new tasks at the IDP Scheepswerf in Ostend. The transfer to Kenya began on August 31, 2013. The ship reached Mombasa on October 25, 2013 and was put back into service on January 27, 2014.

The Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute operates the ship under the name Mtafiti ( Swahili for "researcher") and uses it in particular in the western Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya.

Technical specifications

The ship is powered by two four-stroke - six-cylinder - diesel engine (type: 6MDXC) the manufacturer Anglo Belgian Corporation with 1,192 kW power driven. The motors act on a controllable pitch propeller via reduction gears .

Two diesel generators are available for generating electricity on board, which are driven by Volvo Penta diesel engines (type: TMD 120 AK) with an output of 150 kW each.

Web links

Wetenschatten - Historical mijlpalen van het zeewetenschappelijk onderzoek , Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (PDF, 3.4 MB)
Picture galleries of Zeeleeuw , Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c RV Zeeleeuw , Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
↑ Onderzoeksschip verhuist , Het Nieuwsblad, May 7, 2013. Retrieved on February 10 2020th
↑ VLIZ-KMFRI Collaboration in Marine Sciences , Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
↑ Donation RV Zeeleeuw to Kenya - first oceanographic research vessel East African coast , Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, May 15, 2013. Accessed February 10, 2020.
↑ Timeline , VLIZ-KMFRI Collaboration in Marine Sciences, Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
↑ Research vessels at KMFRI , Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b Technical specifications of RV Mtafiti (PDF, 96 kB). Retrieved February 10, 2020.

[VLIZ-RV-1] RV Zeeleeuw , Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

[2] Onderzoeksschip verhuist , Het Nieuwsblad, May 7, 2013. Retrieved on February 10 2020th

[3] VLIZ-KMFRI Collaboration in Marine Sciences , Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

[4] Donation RV Zeeleeuw to Kenya - first oceanographic research vessel East African coast , Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, May 15, 2013. Accessed February 10, 2020.

[5] Timeline , VLIZ-KMFRI Collaboration in Marine Sciences, Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

[6] Research vessels at KMFRI , Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute. Retrieved February 10, 2020.

[Spec-7] Technical specifications of RV Mtafiti (PDF, 96 kB). Retrieved February 10, 2020.