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BELOW LOWER DECK ENGINE ROOM PROPULSION ROOM LOWER DECK LOWER CONTAINER STORE ENGINE ROOM WORKSHOP CHANGE ROOM ENGINE CONTROL ROOM HYDRAULIC PUMP ROOM MAIN DECK TRAWL DECK WET FISH LAB CONTAINERISED LABORATORY STORE CHANGE ROOM HOSPITAL MESS ROOM HANGAR BOAT DECK MESS ROOM LOUNGE LOUNGE GALLEY CONTAINER HATCH TOILETS HOSPITAL STORAGE AREAS RECREATION AREAS ACCOMMODATION FORECASTLE DECK WORK AREAS DECKS CONTAINER LABS OFFICE OFFICE FRV Scotia Introduction FRV Scotia was built by Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd at Port Glasgow for the then Scottish Office and completed early in 1998. Operating from her home port in Aberdeen, Scotia is used for fish stock assessment and environmental monitoring in the North Sea and north Atlantic waters. She carries a crew of 17 and can accommodate up to 12 scientists. Fisheries data and other information gathered on research cruises are essential to the success of Fisheries Research Services’ (FRS) scientific programme, which underpins advice given to Government. To ensure the availability of this information, FRS operates two research vessels – FRV Scotia and FRV Clupea. Both vessels are fitted with a wide range of deployment and recovery facilities for fishing gear and equipment, scientific and environmental sensors and data gathering systems. Much of FRS’ experimental work is conducted at sea using very specialised or custom-built monitoring, measuring and observation equipment. For the design, development and maintenance of such equipment, FRS is dependent on the electronic and mechanical skills and expertise of its Engineering Services department. Handling Scientific Equipment A range of on-board cranes and winches enable the safe deployment of specialised equipment. The main winches are tension controlled to deal with surging loads, and the cranes are fitted with ‘heads’ that clamp equipment to their tips. A gamma frame enables equipment to be lifted from the aft deck and moved outboard from the vessel, without impeding the simultaneous use of the fishing crane. Trawling Scotia is fitted with a stern ramp for trawling, with the main trawl winches fitted below deck. The trawl-deck is visible from the bridge, and from a control cabin. A fully instrumented autotrawl system and a net sensor system enables the dimensions of the net and the position of the trawl behind the ship to be monitored. Modular Laboratories The specially equipped laboratories are containerised and can be loaded within the body of the ship, or taken away for servicing or operation on land. They can be fitted out for particular tasks (acoustic surveys, hydrography, plankton surveys, or pollution monitoring) in advance of a cruise. Low Noise An important task for Scotia is the operation of acoustic surveys of pelagic fish stocks. For this, a low level of underwater noise propagation is essential, and particular attention has been paid to soundproofing the machinery and propulsion system to enable a very low level of OR06|08|04

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BELOW LOWER DECK

ENGINEROOM

PROPULSION ROOM

LOWER DECK

LOWERCONTAINER

STORE

ENGINE ROOMWORKSHOP

CHANGEROOM

ENGINE CONTROLROOM

HYDRAULICPUMP ROOM

MAIN DECK

TRAWL DECK

WET FISH LAB

CONTAINERISEDLABORATORY

STORE

CHANGEROOM

HOSPITAL

MESSROOM

HANGAR

BOAT DECK

MESSROOM

LOUNGE

LOUNGEGALLEY

CONTAINERHATCH

TOILETSHOSPITALSTORAGE AREASRECREATION AREASACCOMMODATION

FORECASTLE DECK

WORK AREASDECKS

CONTAINER LABS

OFFICE

OFFICE

FRV Scotia

IntroductionFRV Scotia was built by Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd at PortGlasgow for the then Scottish Office and completed earlyin 1998. Operating from her home port in Aberdeen, Scotiais used for fish stock assessment and environmentalmonitoring in the North Sea and north Atlantic waters.She carries a crew of 17 and can accommodate up to 12scientists.

Fisheries data and other information gathered on researchcruises are essential to the success of Fisheries ResearchServices’ (FRS) scientific programme, which underpinsadvice given to Government. To ensure the availability ofthis information, FRS operates two research vessels –FRV Scotia and FRV Clupea. Both vessels are fitted witha wide range of deployment and recovery facilities forfishing gear and equipment, scientific and environmentalsensors and data gathering systems.

Much of FRS’ experimental work is conducted at sea usingvery specialised or custom-built monitoring, measuringand observation equipment. For the design, developmentand maintenance of such equipment, FRS is dependenton the electronic and mechanical skills and expertise ofits Engineering Services department.

Handling Scientific EquipmentA range of on-board cranes and winches enable the safedeployment of specialised equipment. The main winchesare tension controlled to deal with surging loads, and the

cranes are fitted with ‘heads’ that clamp equipment totheir tips. A gamma frame enables equipment to be liftedfrom the aft deck and moved outboard from the vessel,without impeding the simultaneous use of the fishingcrane.

TrawlingScotia is fitted with a stern ramp for trawling, with themain trawl winches fitted below deck. The trawl-deck isvisible from the bridge, and from a control cabin. A fullyinstrumented autotrawl system and a net sensor systemenables the dimensions of the net and the position of thetrawl behind the ship to be monitored.

Modular LaboratoriesThe specially equipped laboratories are containerisedand can be loaded within the body of the ship, or takenaway for servicing or operation on land. They can be fittedout for particular tasks (acoustic surveys, hydrography,plankton surveys, or pollution monitoring) in advance ofa cruise.

Low NoiseAn important task for Scotia is the operation of acousticsurveys of pelagic fish stocks. For this, a low level ofunderwater noise propagation is essential, and particularattention has been paid to soundproofing the machineryand propulsion system to enable a very low level of

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underwater noise propagation. The hull is fitted with adrop keel to carry acoustic transducers some 3 metresbelow the ship’s keel to minimise acoustic signalinterference in bad weather. The drop keel can be retractedwhen required so that the transducers can be servicedwithout dry-docking.

Flexible OperationThe hull is designed to give good sea-keepingcharacteristics, even when trawling in bad weather. Thediesel-electric propulsion system with three diesel-drivengenerators supplying power to two in-line electric motorsis quiet and allows great flexibility and economy ofoperation. The ship can cruise on a single diesel generator,but would require the use of all three generators whiletowing a large pelagic trawl. Station keeping is maintainedby a combination of the single screw main power drive,the rudder, an omni-directional bow thruster, and tunnelstern thruster, steered by a dynamic position-fixing systemreferenced through satellites.

The TasksScotia is used to monitor and evaluate fish stocks bymeans of trawling, acoustic surveys, and specialisedsampling. The ship is also equipped to carry out state-of-the-art oceanographic sampling in all weather conditions,and plays an important role in monitoring the seas aroundScotland.

Cranes: 1 Aukra Type KDE60, articulated telescopiccod-end handling crane

1 Aukra 5T hydrographic equipment crane1  Aukra 10T hydraulic plankton crane1 Aukra 10T hydraulic crane to load containerised

laboratories1 Odim hydraulic Gamma frame (6.5T)

Winches: 2 Brattvaag Type D2M300 main trawl winches, housed below the main trawl deck. Maximum pull of 34T, capacity of 3,500 m of 28 mm wire

1 Ulstein synchro 2020 auto trawl system for automatic control and monitoring of both trawl winches

2 Brattvaag Type DMM 14185 Gilson winches, each with a mid pull of 13T with a wire capacity of 200 m of 28 mm wire

2 Brattvaag Type Net 2M4185 split netdrums with removable dividing flange. Each has a mid pull of 24T and a drum capacity of 10 m3

1 Brattvaag Type Net M2202 net storage drum located in the net repair area

8 Brattvaag low pressure hydraulic winches are provided for hydrographic and specialised scientific purposes.

Acoustic Equipment: Simrad EK500 echo sounder + EK 60: 38kHz, 120kHz, 200kHz

Simrad EA 500 oceanographic sounder: 18kHzSimrad EM 950 multi-beam swathe echo sounder:

95kHzRDI broad band ADCP: 150 kHzSimrad SH80 short range sonar: 115-122kHz

(tunable)Simrad SR 240 long range sonar: 24kHzSimrad SM2000P multi-beam profiling sonar:

200kHzSimrad ES 60 fishing echo sounder: 50/200kHSimrad  ITI trawl instrumentation systemScanmar trawl instrumentation systemSimrad echo sounding synchronisation system

FRV Scotia Specification

Shipyard: Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd of Port Glasgow

Designer: Skipsteknisk A/S, of Ålesund, Norway

Classification: Lloyds+ 100A1 Ice Class 1D +LMC +UMS +SCM"Fishery Research Vessel"

Length OA: 68.60 metres

Length BP: 60.60 metres

Breadth mld: 15.00 metres

Draught: 5.60 metres

Service speed: 13 knots

Quiet running speed: 10-11 knots

Max towing speed: 5.5 knots (30 tonne pull)

Main engines: 3 Wärtsilä Type 9L20 DE Marine diesel engines

Generators: 3 Ansaldo Type GSCR630X8

Propulsion motors: 2 Ansaldo Type DH900DC

Auxiliaries: 1 Cummings harbour alternator (240 KW)1 Cummings emergency alternator (88 KW)

Power supply: A 230 volt 'clean' electrical supplyis provided by two Hitzinger Motor Generators

Bow thruster: Elliot ‘White Gill’ Bow thruster (720 KW)

Stern thruster: Brunvoll electric tunnel thruster (380 KW)

Navigational: 1 Furuno Far 2835 - S ARPA radar2 Furuno FR 2110/ 6.5 ‘X’ band radar1 Racal Marine Mk53 Decca receiver1 Raytheon Nav 398 Loran C receiver1 Sercel NR 58 DGPS satellite receiver1 Sercel NR 230 DGPS satellite receiver2 Microplot Mariner Navigation plotters with ARCS charts1 Furuno FE680 Navigational echo sounder1 Robertson Autopilot2 RGC11Gyro compasses1 Lilley and Gilley Sestreline Class A magnetic compass1 Furuno CI -35 Current / Speed log1 Sailor communication equipment fully compliant to

GMDSS area

Accommodation: 17 crew, 12 scientists