Research Vessel

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Vessel Type:	Research Vessel
Builder:	Isle of Man
Year:	1965
Price:	Please Call For Price
Reference:	WIL 1220

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Dimensions

LOA:	26m 42cm
Beam:	7m 01cm
Draft:	3m 40cm

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Engines

Main Engine
The main engine is the 6 Cylinder turbo-charged Lister Blackstone developing 600hp at just 900 rpm, with just 50,000 hours on it. The power is transmitted through a 150mm Dia shaft to a 1500mm Dia propeller. There are spare blades for the propeller.

Low Pressure hydraulic power, for the windlass and winches with high pressure hydraulics for the stern gantry, was supplied by a pump driven by the main engine.
Bow thrusters is a Manganese Marine 80 BHP hydraulic transverse unit.

Range
The vessel carries enough fuel to cover 2000 miles at 9 knots, and enough food and water to endure 10 days at sea. However, because of watch keeping problems, the normal working procedure on long cruises was to spend five days at sea and two days in port.

ELECTRICAL

Main electrical supplies were from a 50 KW 220 volts DC generator, belt-driven from the main engine. In addition an auxiliary generator, with just 4000 hours on it is driven by an air-cooled diesel engine, supplied 53 KW 220 volts DC. Two 18 KVA rotary converters provided 230 volts 50 cycles AC power for the scientific equipment.

No. of Engines:	1
Fuel:	Diesel
Drive:	Shaft Drive

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Construction

She was decommissioned in 2001. Converted 2002 for Dive Charter and classed as MCA VIII in 2003. The all-welded steel hull was built to Lloyds 100 A1 classification and to the Board of Trade requirements for Class VIII vessels making short international voyages.

The vessel has been anti fouled and new anodes fitted in November 2005.

The last ultra sound was carried out in 2003

There are water tight compartments fore and aft for additional safety.

Hull Type:	Full Displacement
Hull Material:	Steel

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Accomodation

6 x Double Rooms
5 x Single Rooms
3 x Heads
2 x Showers
2 x Messrooms to seat the full compliment at the one sitting.

All rooms have a wash basin with hot and cold running water. The rooms are centrally heated and have real sprung mattress beds. 240v electric supply is also fitted to each room.

9 – Crew
8 – Guests

Day trip capacity 30 persons

SPECIAL FEATURE
Work hard – Play hard………….after a hard dive there is always the pub style seating to create that special après dive atmosphere, where you can relax and listen to all the yarns in comfort.

Side access door, with kit up bench and dive ladder.

Decking Equipment

Hydraulic A/S Bratvaag, Norway provided the three low pressure hydraulic winches and the anchor windlass. In addition to the conventional 2-drum trawl winch, carrying 350 fathoms of 2" wire on each drum, there was another single drum spit-type trawl winch carrying 1000 fathoms of 1¾" wire. On the starboard side another winch carried electrical cable and hydrographic wire on two drums, one of which had electrical slip rings attached; this winch led to a Munro accumulator hydrographic davit and to an A-frame davit.

At the stern a hydraulic gantry was used for operating fishing gear and bottom sampling equipment.

A 2 ton SWL derrick plumbed the after working deck, and 1 ton and ½ ton SWL derricks were provided for the fibreglass workboat, lifeboat and the starboard working area respectively.

Ground Tackle;
•vessel has good ground tackle with low pressure high volume winch plus spare anchor
•1/2 ton Admiral anchor plus spare
•Anchor chain length 5 shackles

Navigation Equipment

•Arma Brown gyro compass
•Automatic Pilot
•Decca Navigator and track plotter
•Differential GPS navigators linked to colour chart plotter.
•Navtex and weather station
•4 x GPS receivers
•2 x Colour chart plotters
•2 x Radars
•2 x Depth Sonar
•3 x VHF radios

Safety Equipment

All in compliance with her classification.

Tender is a 4 metre Avon searider / 50hp Mariner outboard

Disclaimer

The details of this vessel is offered in good faith but cannot be guaranteed. Nor can we warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.