Prince Madog (ship, 2001)
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The Prince Madog is a research vessel from Bangor University in Bangor, Welsh .
history
The ship was built at the Visser shipyard in Den Helder . The shell was supplied by the Romanian shipyard Severnav in Drobeta Turnu Severin . The ship was delivered on July 6, 2001 and christened on July 25 of that year . The ship is based on the Celtic Voyager , which was also built at the Visser shipyard , but is slightly larger. It replaced a previous building of the same name built in 1968 .
The ship was first of Vosper Thornycroft bereedert that it founded the joint venture VT Ocean Sciences with the former University of Wales, Bangor. P&O Maritime has been responsible for managing the ship since 2011. The joint venture P&O Maritime Ocean Sciences was founded for this purpose.
The ship is used by Bangor University for marine research, particularly in the Irish Sea , but also in adjacent sea areas. It can also be chartered from other institutes and research institutes.
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 ship is powered by a Wärtsilä - diesel engine (type: 6L20C) with 1,080 kW power driven. The motor acts on a controllable pitch propeller via a reduction gear . The ship reaches around 12 knots . It is equipped with a bow thruster with 150 kW power.
A Stamford shaft generator with an output of 300 kW is available to generate electricity . The shaft generator can also be used as a drive if research work requires little noise or as an emergency drive if the main engine fails. The ship is also equipped with two generator sets. One of the gensets consists of a Cummins diesel engine with 305 kW, which drives a Stamford generator with 330 kVA apparent power . The other unit consists of a Cummins diesel engine with 122 kW output, which drives a Stamford generator with 120 kVA apparent power. This unit is air-cooled so that it can also be operated in the port when the water is low. An emergency generator was also installed, which consists of a Cummins diesel engine with 59 kW output and a Stamford generator with 64 kVA apparent output. The emergency generator is also air-cooled.
Since the ship is regularly aground at its berth in Menai Bridge at low tide, the hull has been reinforced accordingly.
The ship has four decks. Below the main deck there are five double cabins for scientists, three single cabins for crew members and the engine room . On the main deck there are two further single cabins for crew members and a single cabin for the scientific chief scientist. Also here are u. a. The mess room and lounge, galley , a changing room and the wet laboratory are housed. On the deck above the main deck there are two further cabins for the ship's crew and the drying laboratory. Above is the bridge deck with the wheelhouse . There is space on board for seven to eight crew members and ten to eleven scientists. 20 people can be embarked on day trips.
Behind the superstructures there is an 80 m² working deck. A 10-foot container can be carried on the working deck.
The ship is equipped with a stern boom . This can lift 5 t. A crane with a lifting capacity of 1.5 t is located in the area of the working deck. Another crane is on the forecastle . This can lift 1 t. For research, the ship has several winches for towing research equipment or nets. The ship is equipped with echo sounders and sonar systems and can be used as a platform for the use of an ROV .
The ship can stay at sea for ten days.
literature
- F. Kok: Prince Madog. In: Schip en Werf de Zee , November 2001, pp. 61-65, ISSN 0926-4213 .
- Timothy Whitton: Welsh Princess. In: Ships Monthly , January 2019, pp. 28–31 (PDF, 711 kB).
Web links
- Research Vessel Prince Madog , Bangor University
- Prince Madog - Vessel Specification Sheet , P&O Maritime (PDF, 827 kB)
- Data sheet , Atlantic Marine (PDF, 361 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ VT celebrating double honors , Southern Daily Echo, August 24, 2001.
- ^ Prince Madog , P&O Maritime. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- ↑ P&O Maritime Services UK Acquires a 50% Shareholding in the Prince Madog Research Vessel With Bangor University , Offshore Wind, January 18, 2011. Accessed November 21, 2019.
- ^ A b RV Prince Madog , British Oceanographic Data Center. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- ^ Prince Madog , School of Ocean Science, Bangor University. Retrieved November 21, 2019.