| Vessel Ownership | ||||
| Vessel name: | Heincke | |||
| Vessel nationality: | Germany | |||
| Homeport: | Helgoland | |||
| Vessel owner: | RF Forschungsschiffahrt GmbH | |||
| Vessel operator: | Alfred Wegner Institute for Polar and Marine Research | |||
| Vessel web page: | http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/BAH/heincke.html http://www.rf-bremen.com/html/fs_heincke.html | |||
| Vessel Activities and Operating Areas | ||||
| Vessel's main activity: | Equipped for physical, chemical, and fisheries research as well as biology, meteorology, marine light geology and marine geophysics. | |||
| Vessel operating areas: | Worldwide operation, mainly employed in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and continental shelf area. | |||
| Primary Logistics Provider | ||||
| Organization: | Alfred Wegener Institute Foundation for Polar and Marine Research | |||
| Address: | Postfach 12 0161 D-27515 Bremerhaven Germany | |||
| Telephone: | +49 471 4831 0 | |||
| Primary Management Agency | ||||
| Organization: | Same as above | |||
| Vessel Characteristics | ||||
| Vessel length in meters: | 55 | |||
| Vessel length in feet: | 180 | |||
| Beam (Breadth) in meters: | 12.5 | |||
| Beam in feet: | 41 | |||
| Displacement GRT: | 1463 | |||
| Year built: | 1990 | |||
| Vessel Performance and Capabilities | ||||
| Cruising speed (knots, open water): | 12.5 | |||
| Range in nautical miles: | 7500 | |||
| Range in km: | 13890 | |||
| Endurance (days): | 30 | |||
| Accommodations | ||||
| Crew berths: | 11 | |||
| Scientist berths: | 12 | |||
| Vessel layout: | http://www.rf-bremen.com/html2/daten_heincke.html | |||
| Laboratory Space | ||||
| Dry lab, Wet lab | ||||
| Wet lab size (square meters): | 28 | |||
| Wet lab size (square feet): | 301 | |||
| Dry lab size (square meters): | 42 | |||
| Dry lab size (square feet): | 452 | |||
| Other specialized lab space: | chemistry lab approximately 15 sqm freezing lab approximately 9 sqm mulitpurpose lab approximately 22 sqm space for containers approximately 38 sqm | |||
| Onboard Science Equipment | ||||
| Acoustic/Bathymetric Equipment: | Navigation echo sounder, 2 fishery echo sounders, net monitoring system, sediment echo sounder. | |||
| A-Frames | ||||
| Onboard A-Frames: | 1 A-frame SWL 3 t, gallow SWL 3 t | |||
| Cranes | ||||
| Onboard cranes: | main crane max. 6 t, aux. cranes 0.99 t | |||
| Winches, Wires and Cables | ||||
| Onboard winches: | Deep sea anchor winch, 1000 m, 16 mm, fishery winch 2 x 1200 m, 20 mm, 4 t net winder, winch for net monitoring system 1200 m | |||