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Current State & Future of UK
Research Vessels
Geraint West
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18.6
18
15
12.8
15.8
18.85
17
89.2
99.7
68.6
52.25
73.9
99.04
80
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
RRS James Cook
RRS Discovery
FRV Scotia
RV Corystes
Cefas Endeavour
RRS James Clark Ross
RRS Ernest Shackleton
Beam Overall lengthUK Research Vessels
£24M (1998)
£36M (2006)
£75M (2013)
£25M (2003)
(1988)
(1990)
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Shelf Seas Fleet Operating Areas
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NERC Operations •Annually on average
•20,000 equipment movements
•1,000T of equipment freighted
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Growth in Ships
DIS
COV
ERY
14.4
14
18.6
18
69.4
90.2
89.2
99.7
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
RRS Charles Darwin
RRS Discovery
RRS James Cook
New RRS Discovery
DIMENSIONS Beam Overall length
1.976
3.75
7.08
5.76
0 2 4 6 8
RRS Charles Darwin
RRS Discovery
RRS James Cook
New RRS Discovery
Installed Power (MW)
2,556
4,310
4,500
6,075
1,936
3,008
5,401
5,941
580
899
1,610
1,782
0 2,000 4,000 6,000
RRS Charles Darwin
RRS Discovery
RRS James Cook
New RRS Discovery
Maximum displacement Gross tonnage Net tonnage
RRS Charles Darwin
RRS Discovery
RRS James Cook
New RRS Discovery
2014
2005
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Scientific Utilisation
NOC 17%
Other NERC 14%
UK University 41%
Other UK institutions
3%
European 18%
USA 5%
Other world-wide 2%
Scientist days 2006-2012 (by cruise participation)
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Se
a d
ays
Financial Year
Total Scientist Sea Days
Non-NERC other Non-NERC US
Non-NERC Europe Non-NERC UK
NERC - Other NERC - NOC
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Ship Availability for Science
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
JamesCook
Discovery Meteor MariaSMerian
Poseidon PolarsternSarmientodaGamboa
PorquoiPas
L'Atalante Thalassa LeSuroit MarionDufresne
Pelagia GOSars JohanHjort HåkonMosby
Days
Ship
Science Transit Port UnavailableforScience(Maintenance/Layup/Charter)
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£200
£400
£600
£800
£1,000
£1,200
01/04/04 01/04/05 01/04/06 01/04/07 01/04/08 01/04/09 01/04/10 01/04/11 01/04/12 01/04/13
Actual £/T paid
Market £/TValparaiso, Chile
Walvis Bay, Namibia
Punta Arenas, Chile 23/3/12
Southampton 23/3/12
Punta Arenas, Chile
Punta Arenas, ChilePunta Arenas, Chile
Vigo, Spain
Falmouth
Falmouth
Port Stanley
Underlying trend – fuel
prices have trebled over the
past decade
Location for fuelling can
involve a significant
premium
Fuel Costs
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Market Marine Fuel Price (£/Tonne)
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• 50 days endurance (L 99.7m, B 18m, D 6.5m)
• Scientific Transit Speed – 12 knots max
• 23 Officers & Crew
• 28 Scientists & Technicians
• DP Capable (DP2) SS6/7
• Minimal Ice Class – for hull life (Lloyds 1D)
• Overside/overstern lifting - 20tonnes
• Low URN but not as low as RRS James Cook
2 x Azimuth
Thruster
(2 x 2,200kW
Motors) Drop Keels: Port:
• EA600 12kHz
• 10kHz TX/RX
• Flow noise Hydrophone
Stbd:
• EK60
18/38/60/120/200/333kHz
• Scanmar
1,575kW
Tees Gill
Thruster
Multibeam Blister: • EM122 1° x 1° 12kHz
• SBP120 3° x 3°
• EM710 2° x 2° 70-
100kHz
• 75kHz ADCP
• 150kHz ADCP
• Flow noise Hydrophone
•
1,350kW
Azimuth
Thruster
New RRS Discovery – Outline • 4 x Wartsila 8L20 (1,770kW ea. – 5,760kW
tot.)
• 2 x Wartsila DC Motors (2,200kW ea.)
• 2 x azimuth thrusters
• 5-bladed fixed-pitch 3.6m diameter props
• Diesel capacity 596m3
• Fresh water capacity 310m3
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James Cook:
L 89.5m; B 18.6m; D 5.5 – 5.7m
Discovery:
L 99.7m; B 18.0m; D 6.5m
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Hullform
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National Marine Equipment Pool
• Replacement Value of ca. £20M.
• Annual Investment of ca. £1M
• Additional Grants (ca. £15M since 2001 incl. ROV)
• Deep Platforms – Autosub2, ISIS,SHRIMP, BRIDGET
• Sensors & Moorings – CTDs, Seasoar/Penguin, MVP, Scanfish,
Current Meters, SC/LADCP, Moored Profilers
• Ships Systems – Container Labs, Seismics, Echosounders,
Positioning, Computing
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Equipment Suite Usage
2001D2 5 1T
D2 5 2
D2 5 3 Leg 1
D2 5 3 Leg 2
D2 5 4
D2 5 5
D2 5 7
D2 5 7 T
D2 5 8 Leg1
D2 5 8 Leg2
CD12 6 P
CD 12 7
CD12 8
CD12 9
CD13 2
CD13 4 B
CD13 5 Leg1
CD13 5 Leg2
CD13 6 T
JR6 3
St at oil
Ailet t e
2002D259T L1
D259T L2
D260
D261
D262
D263 Leg1
D263 Leg2
D264
D265
D266
D267
CD137C
CD139
CD140
CD141L1
CD141 L2
CD142C
CD143
JR71
JR75
Sonne
Pelagia
2003
D268
JR 98 (ex-D272)
D273
D274B
Tria ls
Tria ls
D275
D276B
CD144
CD145
CD146
Tria ls
CD148
CD149
CD150
CD151
CD152
CD153
Tria ls
CD154
Poseidon PAP
Poseidon SAMS
JR80
JR90
JR91
JR94
Urania
Melv ille
Pelagia - TOBI
Pelagia - Coring
2005
D287
D288
D289
D290
D292T
D293T
D294
D295T
D296
D297
D298
D299
D300
CD168
CD169
CD170
CD171
CD172
CD173
CD174
CD175
CD176
CD177
JR97
JR127
JR112a
JR136
JR
Pelagia
Knorr
Madog
Poseidon
2006
D301
D302
D304
D306
D308
D309
D310
D311
D312
D313
CD178
CD179
CD180
JR144/145/1477
JR149
JR 142 TOBI
JR 169 ROV Tria ls
JR 155 Jic k e lls
Pelagia Trimmer
P332
P343
P345
Tersc hilling Autosub
Tersc hilling Simpson
Seward Johnson
Brown RAPID
Shac k leton
COOK TRIALS JC01
COOK TRIALS JC03
COOK TRIALS JC04
2004
D276
D277
D278
D279
D280T
D281T
D282
D283T
D284
D285
D286
CD155 L1
CD155 L2
CD156
CD157
CD158
CD159
CD160
CD161B
CD162B
CD163B
CD164B
CD165T
CD166
CD167
AMT 14
JR106 L1
JR106 L2
JR110
JR112
Meteor
Meteor
Poseidon
Poseidon
Poseidon
2007/08D317
D318 a
D318T
D318 b
D319
D320
D321
D323
D324
D325
JC007
JC009T
JC010
JC10b
JC10cJC011
JC015
JCO17
JC018
JC019
JC021
JC022T
JC023a
JC023b
JR177
JR179
Hudson
Met eor
PAP
2006/07D301
D302
D304
D306
D308
D309
D310
D311
D312
D313
CD179
CD180
JR149
JC005
JC001T
JC003T
JC004T
JR 142 TOBI
JR 169 ROV Trials
JR 155 Jickells
JR161
P343
P345
Terschilling Aut osub
Terschilling Simpson
Seward Johnson
Shacklet on
R. Brown
Shacklet on (ES024)
2006/07 2007/08
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Ccomplex Multi-disciplinary Cruise
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Handling
Stern ‘A’ Frame
Capacity – 30t
Max. Height – 8m
Aft Cranes
40T.m
Aft Cranes
40T.m
Midship/aft
Crane 250T.m
Starboard Bull-horn Boom
Capacity – 20T
Max. Height – 4.5m
Starboard ‘A’ Frame
Capacity – 20t
Max. Height – 5m
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Type Purpose CONSTRUCTION LENGTH
(m)
DIAMETER
(mm)
SWL
(T)
MBL
(T)
WEIGHT
INWATER(kg.km-1)
OPERATION PULL
(T)
SPEED
(ms-1)
Coring
Obtainingseabedcoresampleswhen
pull-outloadisnotextreme
Steel 7,000 16.5 11 18.56 780 Conventionaldirectpull
11 2.0
Trawling Towingdeeptrawlsandnets.
TaperedSteel 8,300 14.5 11.5 13.00 638 Conventionaldirectpull
12.5(firstlayer)
2.0
4,350 16.5 18.10 780
2,350 18.00 12.5 20.90 1,133
DeepTow Towingdeep
vehicleswheredata-
rates(suchasfromimageryormapping
system)arehighrequiringfibre-optic
transmission.
SteelArmoured
Electro/Optical
10,000 0.68"
(~17.3)
11 18.14 806 Shared
traction
winchwithlevelwinds
foreachstoragedrum
11 2.0
Deep
Coring
Obtainingseabed
coresampleswhenpull-outloadsareso
highthatweightofasteelcablecombines
toexceedsafe
workingloadofthewinch.
Plasma 8,000 0.875"
(~22.0)CHECK!!
30 75.00 Buoyant
SG=0.98
20 2.0
StandardCTD(x2)
DeploymentofConductivity/Tempe
rature/Densitysensorpackages.
SteelArmoured 8,000 0.45"(~11.43)
5 8.39 417 Tractionwinchwith
levelwind
5.0 2.0
Winch Suite
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Increasing Scientific Facilities
LABORATORY SPACE (m2) RRS Charles Darwin
(now Ocean
Researcher)
RRS Discovery RRS James Cook
New RRS Discovery
MAIN LAB & SCIENTIFIC CONTROL 130 92 110 121
COMPUTER ROOM 16 21 14 15
DECK LAB 65 65 65
CHEMISTRY LAB 18 30 -
GENERAL PURPOSE LAB - - 53
CLEAN CHEMISTRY LAB - - 16
CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE LAB 16 18 24 26
WATER SAMPLING ROOM 16 23 32 27
SEALED LAB/DARK ROOM 7 8 4 8
SALINOMETER ROOM - - 13
STABLE LAB/GRAVIMETER ROOM 18 10 5 4
TOTAL LABORATORIES 203 255 284 348
• Container slots increases from 4 on RRS Charles Darwin to 14 on new RRS Discovery
• Stbd gantry increased from 12.5T SWL to 30T SWL on RRS James Cook and 20T SWL on new Discovery
• Scientific cabins increased from 18 to 32 on RRS James Cook and 28 on new RRS Discovery
Trend towards
multidisciplinary science
diving demand for more
facilities onboard.
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Clean Chemistry Lab
Constant Temp Lab
Main Lab Control
Deck Lab
General Purpose Lab
Salinometer Room
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ROV
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PAP Met Office Telemetered Buoy
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OSMOSIS
• 12 month deployment at Porcupine Abyssal Plain
• 13 moorings 1.8 - 5km apart, in 5840m water
• 62,000m of wire, 22,000m of rope
• 62 Current Meters
• 62 SBE Microcat CTDs
• 7 High Frequency ADCPs
• 5 Long Range ADCPs
• 250 Temperature Loggers
• 18 Acoustic Releases
• 9 ARGOS & Xenon Beacons
• 4 Real Time GPS Trackers
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NIOZ Piston Coring
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Image courtesy Leighton Rolley
UAV Launch & Recovery
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