Last month I posted about the M/V Franklin, which was being upgraded by Kongsberg.  This month we will take a closer look at the Franklin & its specs.

Take a look here for a fantastic write up of a survey job performed by the Franklin, complete with lots of great pictures!

Type of vessel

Oceanographic and Hydrographic

Research Vessel

Specifications

Flag:  Sweden

Port of Registry:  Gothenburg

Call sign:  SEIN

IMO No:  8301797

Class:   Lloyds Register (LR)

Class Notation:  +100A1   DP (AM)

+LMC   UMS

Builder and Dimensions

Builder: North Queensland Engineers & Agents Pty. Ltd.

Date of build: 03.1985

Hull No:  110

LOA:  55 m

Beam:  12 m

Draft max: 4.2 m

Required water depth: 6 m

Gross tonnage:  1178

Net tonnage:   353

Manning

Safe Manning Crew: 10

Performance

Service speed: 12 kts

Max speed:  13,5 kts

Range (service speed): 10 000nm

Fuel cons. (survey speed):  3MT/day

Propulsion

Single Wärtsilä 12V22MD, 1590 kw @ 900 RPM

Single Lips BV CPP propeller.

Bowthruster: Retractable azimuth 295 kw, 5,3ton

Sternthruster: Tunnel 295 kw, 4,5ton

Station holding capacity, DP class 1

Power supply

Shaft generator: 800 kVA

Diesel generators: 2 x 375 kVA Volvo Penta D12

415V 50 Hz 3 phase

240V 50 Hz, UPS available

Deck equipment

A-Frames

Stern:  5-8 mt(dynamic 5mt)

Over-the-side: 2.8 mt(wire depending)

Winches: (SWL wire depending)

Stern:  17,3mm single coax wire 4500 m

11,3 mm signal coax wire 2000 m

Side:  11,3 mm single coax 2500 m

Deck crane:  30,5 tonm, winch SWL: 2,65MT

Free deck space

Ca 85 M2, 3 x 20” container. Additional space optional.

Bunkers

Fuel:  198 tonnes

Luboil:  4,0 tonnes

Freshwater:  75 tonnes

Work spaces

Wet lab

General purpose lab

Chemistry lab

Survey room

Post-processing room

Meeting room

Separate client office

Navigation/communication equipment

Radar: Furuno 2117

ECDIS: Transas

GMDSS A3

V-Sat (Internet, phone)

Fleet 77(Internet, phone)

Tracnet (Internet, TV)

Obstacle Avoidance Sonar: Furuno

Accommodation

Cabins and beds for 10 crew and 17 special personnel.

(15 single cabins, 12 double cabins)

Safety certificate for 50 people onboard (short trip)

Mess room

Day room

Dressing Room

2 Laundries

Hospital

Gymnasium

Navigation and Positioning

Primary Positioning System PosMV 320 with RTK/IALA corrections

Secondary Positioning System Ashtech GG24 with RTK/IALA corrections

Third Positioning System Cresent R100 SBAS and IALA receiver

Applanix POS MV 320 Gyro.

Applanix POS MV 320 inertial navigation sensor

Aron 2000 navigation survey system

Sound Velocity Profiler AML SVP+

Sound Velocity hull mounted

Transas ECDIS

Bathymetry and Geophysics

Multibeam Echo sounder – Kongsberg EM 710

Echo Sounder – Kongsberg EA400

Dual Frequency 33/200 kHz

Side Scan Sonar – Edgetech 2400

Dual Frequency Digital 75/410 kHz

Side Scan Sonar – Edgetech 4200

Dual Frequency Digital 300/600 kHz

Sub-bottom profiler – Edgetech 2400

Frequency 0.5-10 kHz

Underwater positioning USBL IXSEA GAPS

Triton ISIS digital hydro acoustic record  and interpretation software

Off-line software

Triton SS-LOGGER interpretation software

Triton Delphmap mosaic software

Triton Delph Seismic software

Kongsberg Neptune II processing software

Fledermaus editing software

CARIS HIPS & SIPS 6.3

Cfloor mapping software

AutoCad 2005 Map presentation software

Arc GIS software package

PC and SUN work stations

Seafloor sampling and underwater inspection

ROV

ROTV

Corers

Samplers

Camera

Video sledges