RV SKAGERAK

Vessel Profile

Home port:

Nya Varvet Gothenburg

Home port Coordinates:

Latitude: 57.685 Longitude: 11.889

Organisation & Address:

University of Gothenburg

Box 100

S – 40530 Gothenburg

Vessel Web site address:

https://mi.gu.se/english/r-v-skagerak

Link to Vessel Schedules:

https://mi.gu.se/english/r-v-skagerak

Normal Area of Operation:

Max No of EF+ Days:

Vessel details:

Length	Breadth	Draught	Gross Tonnage	Ice class	DP	Service speed	Max No. Scientific Berths	No. of EF+ Scientific Berths
49 m	11 m	3,9	1075	Fin-Swe 1B	DP1 equivalent	12 kn	16	15

Technical Detail

Laboratory Facilities (fixed and temporary):

Place for 20 ft container, Dry lab, Wet lab, Outdoor working area, Atmospheric lab, climate control rooms, scientific freezers and refrigerators

CTD/Plankton sampling:

CTD SeaBird911 with 24 bottles, plankton nets

Multi-Beam(s)/ Sub Bottom profiling:

Multiubeam bathymetric echo sounder Kongsberg EM2040-07, sub bottom profiler Kongsberg TOPAS PS40, ADCP Ocean Surveyour 75 kHz

Fisheries Echo Sounders/Sonar:

USBL:

Coring/Sampling Capabilities:

A large variety of grabs and core sampling equipment

Winches:

A-frame oceanographic instrument and towing winch, 2 x 8 tonnes SWL general purpose winches, 1 hydrograhic/plankton net winch, 1 CTD/ROV winch

Communications:

Special features:

The vessel is equipped with a hoistable “Drop-keel” probe allowing deployment of probe-mounted sensors and transponders below boundary layer and bubble sweep down effect

Suitable for:

Research projects in biology, oceanography, geology, chemistry, fisheries

Scientific Limitations:

Larger fishing operations are not possible

Vessel capability to support ROV deployment:

Serves our working class ROV

Support Offered to EurofleetsPlus Users:

Access to the ship with technical support

Vessel availability by location and by year/time of year for Eurofleets+:

Year	Location	Availability by Month	Ports of operation in the period of availability
2020	Not available	Not available	Not available
2021	Skagerack, Kattegatt and Baltic		Gothenburg
2022	Skagerack, Kattegatt and Baltic		Gothenburg

Contact Details

Applicants are welcomed to discuss the initial feasibility of their work while they prepare their application with the operator of RV Skagerak at skagerak@gu.se

Medical certification required for joining the vessel and the list of acceptable certificates.

None specified.

Are additional medical checks required

Survival training certification required for joining vessel

List of acceptable equivalent certification:

Additional certification required e.g. Ship security awareness / other

Diplomatic clearance required for area of operation

Non in the usual areas of operation

Additional clearances required for area or type of activity

Permission from Swedish military to perform research with bottom data