Hello everyone,
I am a researcher at the University of Portsmouth, researching the issue of collisions between ships and marine wildlife. I have conducted extensive risk modelling, but would like to offer vessel crews and managers the opportunity to share their experience and opinions so that...
Hi, I am an author writing a novel with a young man voyaging on a cargo freighter. He embarks in June, 1966, on a vessel that's about a decade away from being sold for scrap. Old and seaworn.
I'm ideally looking for a real vessel that I can model my fictional one from, so that I will have...
Iceland Government Research Vessel Arni Fridriksson, alongside Bjarni Saemundsson in home port of Reykjavik 1990. She was built in Lowestoft, by Brooke Marine on same design hull as Corella ( later Dawn Sky) see also Thor Chaser
Tonnage: 879 t (865 long tons) gt
863 t (849 long tons) nt
290 t (285 long tons) dwt
Length: 46.45 m (152 ft 5 in)
Beam: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draft: 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: 4,734 shp (3,530 kW)
Speed: 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement: 22 berths
M/V "ITALICA, IMO 7942075
scientific or tech.research, supply for petroleum products and general cargo vessel.
Built : 1981 Russia
Flag : Italy , port of reg. Napoli
DWT 6080
RESEARCH, TN 4, Tórshavn.
1884: built by Smith & Stephenson, Grimsby as RESEARCH.
1901: RESEARCH, TN 4 - Marius Rein, Tórshavn.
1906: RESEARCH, VA 144 - Chr. Petersen, Sandavágur.
1941: lost by Vestmannaeyar, Iceland.
Photo: 27 Aug 2001; Portsmouth
Built by Vosper Thornycroft for the Navy for evaluation of the hull form for Future Surface Combatant.
The vessel is operated for the Navy by QinetiO (Formerly DERA) and is a two third scale size demonstrator
Photo: 27 Aug 2001; Portsmouth
Built by Vosper Thornycroft for the Navy for evaluation of the hull form for Future Surface Combatant.
The vessel is operated for the Navy by QinetiO (Formerly DERA) and is a two third scale size demonstrator