Zenith (ship)

Zenith

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type Survey ship class Fassmer SV 30 Callsign DBHX home port Bremerhaven Owner Federal waterways and shipping administration Shipyard Ms. Fassmer , Berne / Motzen Build number 1960 Keel laying June 24, 2003 Launch August 4, 2003

Ship dimensions and crew length 30.09 m ( Lüa ) 27.59 m ( Lpp ) width 6.50 m Draft Max. 1.85 m displacement 108  t measurement 148 GT / 44 NRZ   crew 3

Machine system machine 1 x Cummins - diesel engine Machine performance 477 kW (649 hp) Top speed 12 kn (22 km / h) propeller 1 × fixed propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 9 tdw

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register IMO no. 9313187

The Zenit is a survey ship of the waterway and navigation administration of the Federal .

history

The ship ordered at the end of May 2002 was built in 2003/2004. The hull was built under construction number 02/1/1960 at the Jantar shipyard in Kaliningrad , Russia . The keel was laid on June 24th, the launch on August 4th, 2003. The ship was equipped by Ms. Fassmer in Berne / Motzen. Completion took place on February 5, 2004. On this day the ship was christened and put into service in mid-February for the Bremerhaven Waterways and Shipping Authority.

Today the ship belongs to the Waterways and Shipping Office Weser-Jade-Nordsee and is used for sounding tasks on the Weser .

Technical data and equipment

The ship is powered by a six - cylinder four - stroke diesel engine from the manufacturer Cummins (type: KTA 19 M3) with an output of 477  kW . The engine acts on a fixed propeller via a gearbox . The ship reaches a speed of 12  knots .

Two generators with an apparent power of 32.5 kVA each  are available for the power supply . The ship has a bow thruster with an output of 50 kW.

In 2015, the ship received a new EM2040C fan-out system from Kongsberg Maritime . Two cranes are installed in the area of ​​the open working deck behind the superstructures.

See also

• List of ships of the waterways and shipping authorities

Web links

Commons : Zenit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Zenith. WSA Weser-Jade-North Sea 
• Data sheet , Fassmer (PDF, 199 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Schüle, Detlef Wenz, Andreas Stumpe, Heiko Woltmann: Peilkonzept Revier Weser (PDF; 815 kB) , Between Weser and Ems, 2005 edition, Issue 39. Water and Shipping Directorate Northwest . Retrieved November 1, 2012.
2. ↑ Six new EM2040C fan-assisted systems for coastal areas. Kongsberg Maritime, January 8, 2015, accessed June 19, 2015 .