Pourquoi Pas?

Pireotis · December 10th, 2012, 10:56 PM

Namesake: Pourquoi Pas ? IV
Launched: 14 October 2004
General characteristics
Class & type: research vessel
Displacement: 6600 tonnes
Length: 107 metres
Beam: 20 metres
Draught: 6.9 metres
Propulsion: Diesel-electric with a Class II dynamic positioning system.
Speed: 14.5 knots
Endurance: 64 days at 11 knots
Boats & landing
craft carried: ROV
Capacity: 1000 m² laboratory, 40 scientists
Complement: 18 to 33 men
Sensors and
processing systems:
Dual multibeam sonars capable of mapping seafloor up to 6000 metre depth with a swath width of up to 20 km
2 Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) capable of measuring currents at depth of up to 1000 metres
Sub-bottom profiler for study of the upper layers of seafloor sediment

December 10th, 2012, 10:56 PM	#1
Pireotis Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Piraeus Posts: 386 Likes (Received): 3	Pourquoi Pas? Namesake: Pourquoi Pas ? IV Launched: 14 October 2004 General characteristics Class & type: research vessel Displacement: 6600 tonnes Length: 107 metres Beam: 20 metres Draught: 6.9 metres Propulsion: Diesel-electric with a Class II dynamic positioning system. Speed: 14.5 knots Endurance: 64 days at 11 knots Boats & landing craft carried: ROV Capacity: 1000 m² laboratory, 40 scientists Complement: 18 to 33 men Sensors and processing systems: Dual multibeam sonars capable of mapping seafloor up to 6000 metre depth with a swath width of up to 20 km 2 Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) capable of measuring currents at depth of up to 1000 metres Sub-bottom profiler for study of the upper layers of seafloor sediment __________________ http://www.pireaspiraeus.com/

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