SHIP INFORMATION
The RV Ocean Recovery
Almost 1000 tons displacement
28 crew and passengers
150 tons cargo capacity
Twin 455Kw Caterpillar engines
OVERVIEW
RV Ocean Recovery is a 43-metre research and dive support vessel in commercial survey with the Cook Islands, with berths for 28 people and a displacement of about 1000 tons, (gross tonnage 498 tons). She has a beam of 9.2 meters, a draft of 3.2m and cruising speed of 9 knots. She has an afterdeck cargo capacity of 150 tons.
She has a recompression chamber, dive bell and a surface air system to supply divers to 30m. The crane can lift 15 tonnes alongside, and 5 tonnes fully extended. With four anchors she can hold a precise position when moored. She is SOLAS compliant. Twin Caterpillar engines are rated at 455kw each.
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HISTORY
She was launched in 1979 as a North Sea oil rig support vessel, then in 1988 she entered service with the NZ navy as HMNZS Manawanui (A09).
In July 2018 Major Projects Foundation acquired the vessel and sailed her to Newcastle, Australia. In early 2019, the vessel was
- Callsign: E5U3535
- IMO number: 7803322
- MMSI : 518100621
Specifications
- Displacement: 991 tons
- Gross
tonnage : 498 tons - Length: 43.9m (141 ft) excluding anchors
- Beam: 9.5m (31 ft)
- Draught: 3.2m (10 ft)
- Air draught: 21m
- Speed: 10 knots, cruise 8 knots
- Range: 5,000 nautical miles
- Propulsion: 2 x Caterpillar marine diesel engines (565 Hp or 450kW each)
- Two variable pitch propellers
- Bow thruster
- Tender: 4.2m Zodiac with 40hp outboard (new 2022), and capacity for several RHIBs
- Accommodation: 28 berths
- Large working weather-deck (7m x 10 m) with removable 20ft container – for workshop, laboratory etc. With room for more.
- Main deck crane can lower 15 tons alongside (50m depth), or 5 tons at full 13m extension (150m depth),
- HIAB 200 sea crane on aft (2500kg at 15m full extension)
- A-Frame on port side for dive bell, or other uses (150m of cable, 4.5 tons)
- diving-support systems
- Re-compression chamber
- compressor (new 2022) and airbank can fill 5 dive tanks at the same time (200 & 300 bar)
- wet diving bell (to 150m depth) with audio comms
- surface supplied breathing air to 50m
- underwater welding and hydraulic tools
- a small well-equipped workshop (lathe etc)
- considerable coolroom and freezer capacity
- Fuel capacity 142 tons
- Fresh water tanks 160 tons, and water maker
Navigation and Communication Fit
A major modernisation of the bridge in 2022 has upgraded the NZ Navy’s systems:
GMDSS:
- Certus 700 Vessellink internet (new 2022)
(352 kbps Up/704 kbps Down & 256 kbps Streaming) - ICOM MF/HF radio IC-M801E (new 2022)
- Furuno VHF (new 2022)
- Electronic chart systems – dual Timezero (new 2022)
- Multiple GPS (new 2022)
- Radar: Two Furuno X-Band (new 2022)
- Std C satellite terminal
- IC-M88 VHF
- EPIRBs and SARTs (new 2022)
