RV Mirabilis
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Namibia | |
| Name | RV Mirabilis |
| Owner | Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources[1] |
| Port of registry | Walvis Bay, File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia[1] |
| Ordered | 11 February 2011[2] |
| Builder | STX Finland, Rauma shipyard, Finland[1] |
| Cost | $ 41,600,000[3] |
| Yard number | 1378[1] |
| Laid down | December 2011[3] |
| Launched | April 2012[3] |
| Completed | 28 June 2012[1] |
| In service | 2012– |
| Identification |
|
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Research vessel |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 62.4 m (205 ft) |
| Beam | 14.0 m (45.9 ft) |
| Draught | 4.7 m (15 ft) |
| Depth | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
| Installed power | Wärtsilä |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Crew | 44[3] |
RV Mirabilis is a deep-sea fisheries research vessel owned by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia.
She was built in 2012 by STX Finland Rauma shipyard in Rauma, Finland, to replace the ageing RV Welwitschia, which was gifted by Japan in 1994.[3] The vessel was procured with the help of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, which provided an interest free loan.[2]
RV Mirabilis is fitted with a state of the art Raytheon Anschutz integrated bridge navigation system. The vessel maintains positioning during scientific survey work, using a Navis Engineering DP4000 dynamic positioning system.
Sources
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d e f g Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c d e RV Mirabilis Fisheries Research Vessel, Namibia Ship Technology. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
