FRV Alba-Na-Mara

History
Name: Alba-Na-Mara
Namesake: Scotland of the sea
Builder: Macduff Shipyards
Launched: 2008
Homeport: Fraserburgh
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class & type: Trawler
Displacement: 163 GT
Length: 27 m (88 ft 7 in)
Beam: 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)[1]
Draught: 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Installed power: Mitsubishi S6R MPTKFx2 630 hp @ 1600rpm[2]
Propulsion: Twin propeller
Speed: 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) (max 16kn)
Endurance: 14 days
Complement: 8 crew + 5 scientists[3]

FRV Alba-Na-Mara is a small fisheries research vessel, operated by Marine Scotland Science (formerly the Fisheries Research Services) on behalf of the Scottish Government.

History

Alba-Na-Mara was commissioned in 2008. She replaced FRV Clupea which had been in operation with FRS for 40 years.[4]

Layout

Alba-Na-Mara is equipped with a sophisticated range of deck machinery and electronics.[3] She is capable of carrying out fisheries research, single, twin, pelagic/demersal/trawling and scallop dredging, hydrographic sampling, surveying and camera work[2] up to 150 miles offshore.[3]

References

  1. "27.00m Research Vessel". Macduff Ship Design Limited. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Fisheries Research Vessel Sets New Standards". Maritime Journal. 20 Mar 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "MRV Alba na Mara". Marine Scotland (Scottish Government). Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  4. "New fisheries research vessel". Scottish Government. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
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