Senckenberg (ship)
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The Senckenberg is a German research cutter belonging to the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research in Frankfurt am Main. The cutter is stationed in Wilhelmshaven at the Marine Research Department, a branch of the Senckenberg Research Institute . The ship management is carried out by Briese Schiffahrt in Leer .
history
The Senckenberg was built in 1976 for the then Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft under construction number 132 at the Julius Diedrich shipyard in Oldersum . The keel was laid on February 27, the launch on June 25, 1976. The completion takes place in early November 1976, on November 8, the ship was put into service.
90 percent of the funding came from funds from the then Federal Ministry for Research and Technology and 10 percent from funds from the State of Hesse . The ongoing operation of the research cutter is financed by the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research.
Technical data and equipment
The ship is propelled by a twelve - cylinder four - stroke diesel engine from the manufacturer Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz with an output of 346 kW , which acts on a variable pitch propeller via a gearbox . The ship thus reaches a speed of up to 10 kn .
Two diesel generators with an apparent power of 35 kVA each are available for the power supply.
For research, Senckenberg has two laboratories on board, a wet and a dry laboratory. The cutter is also equipped with a working crane that can be used to move heavy equipment at sea. There is space on deck for two 10-foot containers or work boats up to 6 meters long.
commitment
The research cutter is used by the Department of Marine Research in research and for the practice-oriented training of scientists. There is also the possibility for external research institutes and commercial enterprises to charter the cutter temporarily for their own purposes. The Senckenberg is used in particular in the Wadden Sea and the North and Baltic Seas , but also in the English Channel and the Irish Sea . The cutter has an operating range of 2000 nautical miles and can remain at sea for ten to fourteen days. The bunker capacity for the fuel is 23 tons, the cutter can bunker 15 tons of drinking water.
Others
The Senckenberg replaced the research cutter Astarte , which had been available to the marine research department of the Senckenberg Research Institute since 1954. The Astarte was decommissioned in 1976 with the commissioning of the Senckenberg .
In the past there was already a research boat named Senckenberg at the Senckenberg Research Institute. The boat that the research institute acquired in the early 1930s (presumably 1933) was a 15-meter-long inland minesweeper for the Navy built in 1917 . The boat was sold again in 1935.
gallery
Bridge of the Senckenberg
Bow of the Senckenberg (in Wilhelmshaven)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Senkenberg , Schiffsdaten, Briese Schiffahrt. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ↑ Senckenberg Society for Nature Research: FK Senckenberg , information leaflet, volume no., P. 3.
- ^ Astarte , Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Senckenberg Institute at the Sea Wilhelmshaven. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
- ^ Seehase and Senckenberg I , Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Senckenberg am Meer Institute, Wilhelmshaven. Retrieved August 20, 2013.