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R/V Oceania is a 49 meter modern sailing vessel, built in 1985 and owned by the Polish Academy of Sciences. (PAN) The ship is operated by the Academy's Institute of Oceanology (IOPAN) from its homeport of Gdansk.
information from the
Oceania web site.
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The image above is by J. Dabrowski, courtesy of IOPAN. |
| Vessel Ownership | ||||
| Vessel name: | R/V Oceania | |||
| Vessel nationality: | Poland | |||
| Homeport: | Gdansk, Poland | |||
| Vessel owner: | Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw, Poland | |||
| Vessel operator: | Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences | |||
| Vessel Activities and Operating Areas | ||||
| Vessel's main activity: | Oceanographic Research | |||
| Vessel operating areas: | Research cruises in the Baltic, North, Norwegian, Greenland and Barents Seas | |||
| Primary Logistics Provider | ||||
| Organization: | Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences | |||
| Name and title of contact person: | Dr. Jacek Wyrwinski | |||
| Address: | Institute of Oceanology Powstancow Warszawy 55, 81-712 P.O. Box 68 Sopot, Poland | |||
| E-mail: | wyrwa@iopan.gda.pl | |||
| Telephone: | (++48-58) 51-21-30, 51-72-81 | |||
| Fax: | (++48-58) 51-21-30 | |||
| Contact person or agency web page: | http://www.iopan.gda.pl/ | |||
| Primary Management Agency | ||||
| Same as above | ||||
| Vessel Characteristics | ||||
| Year built: | 1985 | |||
| Vessel length in meters: | 49 | |||
| Vessel length in feet: | 161 | |||
| Beam (Breadth) in meters: | 9 | |||
| Beam in feet: | 30 | |||
| Draft in meters: | 3.8 | |||
| Draft in feet: | 12.5 | |||
| Displacement GRT: | 370 | |||
| Science deck space (m) : | unknown | |||
| Science deck space (ft) : | unknown | |||
| Height (topmast to water) in meters : | 3 masts, each 32 meters ( 105 feet ) high. Platforms and wiring available for installation and connection of remotely operated measuring equipment. | |||
| Vessel Performance and Capabilities | ||||
| Cruising speed (knots, open water): | 13 | 13 knots under sail, 9 knots using the engine | ||
| Endurance (days): | 30 | |||
| Icebreaking capability: | unknown | |||
| Propulsion power: | 430 square meters of sail, operated hydraulically auxiliary diesel engine: 310 HP bow thrusters: 70 HP | |||
| Fuel capacity: | 47 tons, diesel (of course, while under sail, Oceania's range is not limited by its fuel capacity.) | |||
| Accommodations | ||||
| Crew berths: | 13 | |||
| Scientist berths: | 14 | |||
| 13 double cabins, 1 cabin for six persons, 1 single cabin messroom for 30 persons 20 m2 central air conditioning and heating system, additionally electrical radiators during severe conditions 5 bathrooms with showers washing machine | ||||
| Laboratory Space | ||||
| Lab space: | wet laboratory on main deck, 20 m2 isotope laboratory, 4 m2 chemical laboratory, 6 m2 electronic workshop and registration room, 10 m2 computer compartment, 7 m2 | |||
| Onboard Science Equipment | ||||
| Acoustic/Bathymetric Equipment: | Scientific Echosounder DT 5000 BioSonics Sidescan Sonar DF 1000 digital EDGER TECH System for non-linear bubble detection | |||
| Gas Sampling and Analysis Equipment: | Aerosol Particle Counter PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS Aerosol Lidar FLS-12 | |||
| Oceanographic equipment: | Hydrography Current Meter 308 VALEPORT Current Meter 808 VALEPORT ADCP Current Profiler RD Instruments Batfish system Optics A set of pyranometers KIPP&ZONEN and EPPLEY LABORATORY Absorption and Attenuation Meter AC9 WET LABS Marine Spectroradiometer MER-2040 BIOSPHERICAL INSTRUMENTS INC. Ocean Colour Profiling System OCP-100 SATLANTIC Laboratory UV-VIS Spectroradiometer 4-100 UNICAM Submerged Fluorometer Pump-Probe ECOMONITOR Chemistry Carousel Water Sampler SEA-BIRD SBE32 Nemo Sampler Box Corer Van Veen Bottom Sampler Oil Pollution Lidar FL-UV Biology Bongo Macroplankton Net WP2 Mesozooplankton Multi Plankton Sampler Midi HYDROBIOS Epibenthic Sledge | |||
| Electrical power supply: | Electrical supply: 135kVA, (three generators: 50, 50 and 35kVA), 400V, 220V, three phases, 50Hz Stabilised circuit: UPS: 5 kVA, 220V, 50Hz | |||
| CTD Equipment | ||||
| Onboard CTD equipment: | CTD SEA-BIRD 911 plus CTD SEA-BIRD SBE 49 CTD 606+ VALEPORT | |||
| A-Frames | ||||
| Onboard A-Frames: | A-Frame; 6 ton, 500M cable | |||
| Winches, Wires and Cables | ||||
| Onboard winches: | 2 deep-trawl winches, pull 1 ton, drum capacity 2000 m, (cable wire) 4 cable wire winches for shallow water uses, pull 150 kg, drum cap. 350 m | |||
| Other Science Features | ||||
| Other science-related features: | sediment grab, max operational depth 500 m core sampler for subbottom deposits distillation device dryers, 3 units deep freezes 400 l vol., 2 units refrigerators 2 units, 100 and 200 litres vol. set of plankton nets Work boat: inflatable, crew: 6, Yamaha outboard engine Rescue boat: inflatable, DSB 420 JRB, Yamaha engine | |||