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POLAR RESEARCH SHIP<br />
MARIA S. MERIAN<br />
NNaval Shipyard Gdynia has outfitted<br />
and delivered in July 2005<br />
the new generation polar research<br />
ship Maria S. Merian using<br />
the hull and deckhouse provided by the<br />
Polish company Maritim Ltd. located in<br />
Gdañsk. The ship was subcontracted to<br />
Naval Shipyard Gdynia by German shipyard<br />
Kröger Werft GmbH & Co. KG belonging<br />
to Fr. Lürssen shipyard. The ship was<br />
ordered by German Federal Ministry of Research<br />
and Education and she will be operated<br />
by the Leibnitz Institute for Baltic Sea<br />
research in Warnemünde.<br />
The new research vessel built for operation<br />
up to the ice margins of the Baltic<br />
TECHNICAL DATA<br />
GT 5300<br />
Deadweight 1345 t<br />
Length o.a. 94.80 m<br />
Length b.p. 88.20 m<br />
Breadth 19.20 m<br />
Depth 9.50 m<br />
Draught 6.50 m<br />
Propulsion 2 x 2100 kW<br />
1 x 1600 kW<br />
Electric 5600 kW<br />
Speed 15 knots<br />
Range 7500 NM<br />
Crew 21 persons<br />
Scientific personnel 22 persons<br />
40<br />
DRAFT<br />
Sea, North Sea and Atlantic Ocean is classed<br />
by Germanischer Lloyd for the notation<br />
+100 A5 E3* Nav-OC Sonderschiff<br />
+MC E3 AUT RP3. State-of-the-art facilities<br />
make it possible to conduct effective<br />
research in geology, geophysics, physical<br />
and chemical oceanography, marine biology<br />
and meteorology. Research results can<br />
be analysed and processed onboard of the<br />
ship. Endurance of the ship is calculated<br />
for 35 days at sea.<br />
In the mid part of the ship’s hull two parallel<br />
vertical tunnels are arranged for lowering<br />
and lifting of research probes to the<br />
depth over 10000 m.<br />
Research vessel Maria S. Merian has a<br />
diesel-electric propulsion system with two<br />
Naval Shipyard Gdynia<br />
Schottel poded propulsors and one Schottel<br />
Pump Jet type bow thruster enabling<br />
effective dynamic positioning of the vessel.<br />
The ship can boast excellent manoeuvrability<br />
for the whole speed range. Shipboard<br />
electric power plant includes two<br />
1600 kW and two 1200 kW main dieselgenerating<br />
sets.<br />
The ship is provided with the 200 kN<br />
stern gantry, three 50 kN electro-hydraulic<br />
cranes and two auxiliary 15 kN cranes as<br />
well as various winches designed to serve<br />
measurement and research equipment and<br />
devices. The vessel can also carry special<br />
10-feet containers with supplies and equipment<br />
- seventeen of them on deck and<br />
13 in the hold.<br />
September 2005
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