Prince Madog (ship, 1968)
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The Prince Madog is a former research vessel from Bangor University in Bangor, Welsh .
history
The ship based on a stern catcher was designed by Burness, Corlett & Partners in Basingstoke . The ship was built at the Ramsey Shipbuilding & Engineering yard in Ramsey on the Isle of Man for what was then the University College of North Wales in Bangor. The building contract was signed in 1965. The cost of construction was £ 103,000. The keel of the ship was laid on October 8, 1965. The ship was delivered in February 1968.
The ship was used in particular in the Irish Sea . However, it could also be used in adjacent sea areas.
In 2001 the ship was decommissioned and replaced by a new building of the same name . In the same year it was sold and used as Madog for several years from Liverpool for diving and fishing trips. In 2007 it was sold to Denmark to the company Nord-Marine, which, after modifications, used the ship under the flag of St. Kitts and Nevis for research and surveying work mainly in the North Sea .
In 2019 the ship was sold to the demolition company Smedegaarden in Esbjerg .
The ship is named after the Welsh Prince Madoc , who, according to legend, was the son of King Owain Gwynedd and sailed to North America in 1170 and founded settlements there.
description
The vessel is powered by a Lister-Blackstone diesel engine having 600 HP power driven. The engine acts on a controllable pitch propeller . The ship is equipped with a bow thruster with 80 HP power. A generator with 50 kW power and two generators each with 18 kVA apparent power , which are driven by a diesel engine with 53 kW power, are available for the power supply.
The stern of the ship was initially inclined. However, it quickly became apparent that it was difficult to lift heavy research equipment out of the water. The stern was then rebuilt.
The ship was one of the first research vessels to be equipped with a stern boom . A crane that could lift 2 t was also available for the working deck. The ship was also equipped with two further cranes that could lift 1 and 0.5 t respectively.
The ship could stay at sea for about ten days.
There was space on board for nine crew members and eight scientists. On day trips, 30 people could be on board.
literature
- Timothy Whitton: Welsh Princess. In: Ships Monthly , January 2019, pp. 28–31 (PDF, 711 kB).
Web links
- The Previous Research Vessel - General Information , Bangor University
Individual evidence
- ^ Prince Madog , School of Ocean Science, Bangor University. Retrieved November 21, 2019.