Ships → Coriolis II

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Name: Coriolis II
Captain: Richard, Andr
Length: 163.87 feet
Beam: 36.08 feet
Draft: 17.06 feet
Speed: 12 knots
Displacement: 836 tons
Hull: Conventional Steel Displacement
Year: 1990

Comments:

Official number: 813736. Call letters: CGDN. Builder: Versatile Pacific Shipyards. Hull number: 558. Vessel built by the Canadian Coast Guard and designed for research and rescue at sea and can operate at a distance of at least 200 nautical miles from the coasts. The vessel was transformed into an oceanographical research vessel during the winter-spring 2002. Capacity of accommodations is 24 persons. Engine Room: Propulsion: Four 6 cylinder Deutz, series SBV6M628 medium-speed engines, 750 rpm Total power: 3580 kW (4800 Hp) Generating Sets: Three 250 kW generators, 600 Volts AC 60 Hz 3 phases, Caterpillar 3406, One 890 Kw 600 volt AC emergency generator, Mitsubishi self-starting motor Propellers: 2 Kamewa variable pitch propellers Bow thruster: Siemens 400 hp electric motor, Possibility of use at variable horsepower Reverse Osmosis System: Matrix Silver Series mod. S2600 modular, Production : 10 000 litres/day @ 23?C Sewage System: Hamworthy mod. ST2A Super Trident Oily-water Separator: Hamworthy type OCD2 Scale of measurement : 0-30 ppm Capacity 1 litre/minute Steering gear (2): Acta type rotary vane A45, Maximum angle 37? Bilge pump: Iron A/S QVPZ-4/300 113m3/hr Fire pump: Iron A/S QCPZ-4/300 113m3/hr Emergency fire pump: Iron A/S QVPZ-4/300 113m3/hr Fleet Information Web Page (click)

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Crew Size ( inc. Captain ):
Number of Scientists Vessel can Accommodate: 0
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Schedule Finalized in:

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Science Officer in Crew?:
Crew Provides Onboard Science Support?:
Payment In Kind? Time on Another Ship?
Fuel as a type of "Payment in Kind"?
Needed Equipment as a type of "Payment In Kind"?
"Piggyback" Research Permitted When Possible?
Encourage Crosstraining other Agencies with Vessel and Crew?
Vessel made available to outside Researchers?

Outside Research Payment:
Electrical Power: Three 250 kW gens, 600 V AC
Water Supplies: 10,000 L/day @ 23?C
Refrigerators / Freezers: 0.7 m3 - 20?C, 0.7m3-40?C, 0.7m3-80?C
Incubators / Water Baths:
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Conductivity:
Lab Space: 226 wet; 226 dry
Other:
Radar: 2 ARPA Racal-Decca Bridge Master radars, model 250
GPS: 1 FURONO GP-31 GPS, 1 Furono WAAS GP-32 GPS Laboratory, 1 FURONO LC-90 mark-II Loran-C, 1 Leica MX412 Professional DGPS
Radio: 1 Motorola Triton II VHF radio, 4 Sailor RT-146 VHF radios
Depth Sounders: 1 Skipper GDS 101 echo sounder, transducer 50 GHz
Other:
Winches / Cranes: 1- hydraulic winch S.W.L. 5 tonnes with 3000 M of cable, 1- hydraulic winch S.W.L. 2 tonnes with 3500 M of cable, 1- hydraulic winch S.W.L. 2 TONNES with 500 M. of cable, 1- electro/hydraulic winch with multi lead cable of 1500 M. long,
CTD`s BT`s:
Niskin Bottles: 5 liters, 12 liters and 30 liters available
Corers: Box core, 1 sq. meter ans 1/2 sq. meter, gravity core, lehigh core and 10 meter piston core
Grabs: Van veen ( 3 sizes) and shipeck available
Other:
Trawl Nets: 1- sleigh type 12 foot wide and another one similar 6 foot wide
Plankton Nets: at least 3 different available
Other:
Wind Speed / Direction: R.M. YOUNG AND
Thermometer: R.M. YOUNG
Barometer: R.M. YOUGN AND 1- BELFORT
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Home Port: Trois Rivieres, Quebec
Home Port Lake: St. Lawrence R.
Institution: University of Quebec in Rimouski, aka UQAR
Contact Name: Richard Sanfacon
Address: 310, all?e des Ursulines
City: Rimouski
State / Province: Quebec
Country: Canada
Postal / Zip Code: G5L 3A1
Phone: 418 7251732
Fax: 418 7241842
Email: rsanfacon@reformar.ca
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