2014

Build Feature :

METEOR

 

Martin Stevenson brings us a Build Feature on METEOR (the real vessel is shown opposite).


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The R/V Meteor is owned by the Federal Republic of Germany through the Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT), which financed its construction. It is operated by the German Research Foundation (DFG), which provides about 70% of its operating funds (the BMFT supplies the remainder). DFG also plans the scientific cruises and appoints the chief scientists. The Operations Control Office of the University of Hamburg is responsible for management, logistics, execution and supervision of ship operations. These functions are exercised by direct cooperation with expedition coordinators and the managing owners, the Reedereigemeinschaft Forschungsschiffahrt GmbH, located in Bremen, Germany. The latter is responsible for hiring, provisioning, and coordinating ship maintenance. Used for ocean research, primarily in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the R/V Meteor routinely carries scientists from many different countries. The R/V Meteor was completed in 1986 in Travemunde, Germany. The basic features of the vessel follow:

  1. •Port of registration: Hamburg

  2. •Call sign: DBBH

  3. •Classification: GL+100A4E2+MC Auto

  4. •Operator: University of Hamburg, Institute for Ocean Research

  5. •Built: 1985-1986 at Schlichting Werft, Travemunde

  6. •Gross registered tonnage: 3990

  7. •Net registered tonnage: 1284

  8. •Displacement: 4780 t

  9. •Length overall: 97.50 m

  10. •Beam: 16.50 m

  11. •Draught max.: 5.60 m

  12. •Service speed: 12 kn

  13. •Depth main deck: 7.70 m

  14. •Personnel: Crew: 32; Scientists: 30

  15. •Main engine: 4 x Mak6M 322 = 4 x 1000 kW at 750 rpm

  16. •Propulsion: diesel-electrical, tandem-motor = 2 x 1150 kW

  17. •Fuel consumption: approximately 12.0 t IFO-80 per day at service speed

  18. •Maximum cruise duration: 60 days

  19. •Nautical equipment: Integrated navigation system with data transfer to position computer, echosounder synchronization and supervision, and data-processing facility

  20. •Science quarters: 20 laboratories on the main deck with ~400 m2 of working space for multidisciplinary research