R/V Phoenix Details

Configuration and Equipment

General Characteristics:
Description Steel hulled, ice strengthened, expeditionary motor vessel
Builder Davie Shipbuilding Ltd., Quebec, Canada
Year 1973, complete overhaul/refit 2009
LOA 130'
LWL 114'-10"
Beam 30'
Maximum Draft 15'-0"
Displacement 700 tons
Maximum Speed 10.5 kts
Cruising Speed 9.5 kts
Minimum Speeds (depending on wind and sea states) approx. 0.1 kts
Range ~ 7000 miles
Laboratory Area 10' x 18' 180 square feet
After Deck Area 30' x 30' 900 square feet
Crane Deck With winches 568 square feet
Without winches 637.5 square feet
Boat Deck 22' x 18' 396 square feet
Crew Up to 7
Scientific Berthing Up to 12
Owner & Operator Downeast Marine Resources, Inc.,
P. O. Box 106, Castine, Maine 04421
(207)266-2841
Home Port Castine, Maine
Radio Call Sign V7RZ2
   
Machinery:
Main Engine Caterpillar 3512
Auxilliary Engine Caterpillar D353
Bow Thruster 260 hp SRP Thrustmaster retractable and steerable
Screw LIPPS controllable pitch - 4 blade
Fuel 21,000 gallons diesel fuel
Main Electrical Power 480 VAC 3Ø phase delta
Emergency Generator 99 kW Northern Lights
Hydraulics Split system - HPU driven by Caterpillar D353 or electrical HPU
Available to Anchor Windlass, Trawl Winch, Sample Winch, U-Frame, Crane, After-Deck
Ship's Service Air 15 cfm at 140 psi
Fresh Water Storage ~4690 gallons @ 40-60 psi
1000 gpd reverse osmosis system
   
Electronics:  
Gyro/Auto pilot Simrad HS-50 interfaced with AP-50
Compass Ritchie
Radars JRC Raster Scan & Furuno FAR-28X7
Fathometer Furuno FCV 1100L
GPS Furuno GPS-32 WAAS Enabled
Airmar GPS WAAS Enabled
Simrad HS-50 WAAS Enabled
Furuno AIS FA-150 WAAS Enabled
AIS Furuno FA-150
GPS Map Plotter MapTech "The Capn" Electronic Charting System
VHFs Furuno FM8800
ICOM M401
SSB-HF ICOM IC-M802
Satellite Weather XM WxWORXs
Furuno Navtex NX50c
Weather Monitoring Airmar PB-200
Satellite TV Motion Compensated KVH C3 Direct TV
   
Personnel Safety Equipment:  
Life Preservers 26 Type I PFD's (minimum)
Survival Suits 20
Life Rafts Four "SOLAR-Oceans" 20 Persons "SOLAS - Oceans" Automatic Inflatable
EPIRBs Two
Fire Fighting Fixed and Portable Dry Chemical and CO2 extinguishers throughout with additional emergency sea-water fire pump capabilities utilizing centrally located fire station, One SCBA
   
Laboratory:  
Area 180 square feet (approximately 10' x 18')
Appointments Cabinets, storage
Satellite Phone, Satellite Internet
120 VAC and 240 VAC 3Ø phase
Data input/outputs Bridge GPS, Depth Sounder
   
After Deck:  
Area 900 square feet (approximately 30' x 30')
Freeboard 6'-6" feet
Bulwark Height 3 feet
Stern U-Frame Bulwark Opening 19 feet
Nominal Deck Load Capacity 20 tons (150 lbs/sq. ft.)
Deck Tie-Downs 1"-8 UNC inset sockets on 4 and 2 foot center's (typical)
Electrical 220VAC single and 3Ø phase, 120 VAC single phase
   
Deep Sea Trawl Winch:  
Manufacturer Lantec
HP 60
Line Pull/Speed 101,000 lbs, variable speed (0 - 68 ft/min)
Wire 5/8" dia.
Control and Monitoring Winchman's House
   
Stern U-Frame:  
Physical Dimensions:

Uprighted:

  • 18 ft. 9 inches height to deck when fully uprighted
  • 22 ft. height to sheave from transom (semi-deployed)
  • 18 ft. max inboard reach
  • 19 ft. wide opening at stern gate

Fully-deployed:

  • 23 ft. 6 inches height from sheave to waterline
  • 7 ft. 8 inches max outboard reach
Capacity 20000 lbs. load tested through full range of motion
Actuated Ships hydraulics
Control Winchman's House
   
After-Deck Crane:  
Manufacturer Palfinger
Model PK6000ME SeaCrane
Installed 2007
Standard Outreach 52'
Lift capacities at various outreaches:
(distances from centerline)
  • 15' = 22000lbs.
  • 20' = 16700 lbs.
  • 34' = 9700 lbs.
  • 45' = 7500 lbs.
Slewing Angle 400 degrees
Crane Winch Manufacturer Palfinger
Line Pull 12,121 lbs.
Wire 1/2" dia., non-rotating "torque-balanced", 100 ft. length
Control Winchman's House and Wireless Operator Console
   
R/V PHOENIX Details

Last updated January 16, 2010