Bucentaur - IMO 8112548

Westerschelde 21 February 2017

Name

BUCENTAUR

Type

Core drilling vessel - Oceanographic / hydrographical research

IMO-number

8112548

Call sign

C6SU4

Flag

Bahamas

Port of registry

Nassau

Previous flag

1983 - 2002 Norway - Call sign: LMAF

GT

2.768

DWT

Summer: 2.229 t

NT

830

Light ship

2.270 t

Length

77,35 m overall

69,98 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

16,82 m extreme

16,01 m moulded

Draught

5,56 m

Depth

8,40 m

Speed

13,4 knots

Built

1983

Keel laid

01/01/1982

Launch date

01/10/1982

Date of completion

01/03/1983

Builder

Drammen Slip & Verksted

Drammen

Norway

Yard number

97

Hull material

Steel

Hull type

Single hull

Bulkheads

Transverse: 4

Longitudinal: 2

Number of decks

1

Main engine

4x Wärtsilä 8R22HE - 4 stroke 8 cylinder 220 x 240 mm combustion engines total 6.957 bhp at 1.200 rpm connected with Siemens A Van Kaick DIDB 130FG/6 generators total 4.800 kW

Builder: Wärtsila OY, Vasa - Finland

Propellers

2

Diameter 2.300 mm at 244 rpm

Shaft genertators

4x 1.200 kW each

Emergency generator

1x Volvo TD 120 ARC diesel engine connected with Stamford MSC 434-C generator 212 kW

Bow thruster

2x Kamewa 2000/AS-CP

Deck space

400 m²

Deck strength

2,5 t/m²

Tank capacities

Fuel oil: 725,7 m³

Diesel oil: 215,1 m³

Water ballast: 1.652,5 m³

Liquid mud: 105,9 m³

Fresh water: 153,4 m³

Cement/Barite (tanks): 324,45 m³

Anchor equipment

2x Flipper Delta each 4.000 kg

Lifting equipment

• 1x Electric/hydraulic - SWL 5,0 t capacity, main deck crane

• 1x Electric/hydraulic - SWL 3,0 t capacity, deck/transponder crane

• 1x Electric/hydraulic - SWL 1,0 t capacity, transponder crane

Navigation and communication equipment

• Radar 1: Furuno FR-2110/FR2010D

• Radar 2: Furuno FR-2110/FR2010D

• Gyrocompass: 1x Sperry Mk 370 / 1x Sperry Navigat x MK1

• Echo sounder: Simrad EA 502

• Position equipment: Kongsberg-Simrad SDP 21 – DP class2

• Reference systems: Simrad HPR T310 hydroacoustic system, Simrad Hipap hydroacoustic system, GEC deep water Tautwire system

Manager

Fugro Marine Services B.V.

Veurse Achterweg 10

2260 AB Leidschendam

The Netherlands

Registered owner

Bucentaur Marine Limited

Previous owners

1983 K/S A/S Farmand Survey II, Tønsberg - Norway

1993 K/S Farmand Survey

1995 DSND Survey K/S

1997 Seateam Technology

1998 Seateam

2002 Bucentaur Marine Inc.

2002 Subsea 7 Cayman Vessel Ltd.

Scrapped

11/2017 Scrapyard Van Heyghen Recycling Galloo group, Gent - Belgium

Latest data adjustment

07 January 2024