World class vessel with high tech equipment
RV "Kronprins Haakon" will have a cruising speed of 15 knots and be capable of breaking through ice up to one metre thick. The Kronprins Haakon has been built to operate in challenging ice conditions, which means it can go further north and south than any other Norwegian research vessel. It is equipped with the very latest high-tech equipment, enabling us to perform more complex studies.
Technical details
Length over all (LOA): 100,0m
Breadth: 21,0m
Draft: 8.5,
Gross tonnage: 10900T
Operation
Maximum cruising range of approx. 15.000 nautical miles
Endurance 65 days at cruising speed
Designes to operate in winter ice with pressure ridges and multi-year ice
Accommodation for 55 persons in 38 cabins (15-17 crew).
Ownership:
50% UiT The Arctic university og Norway
30% Norwegian Polar Institute
20% Institute of Marine Research (operating)
Replaces NP´s «Lance and UiT´s «Helmer Hanssen»
Propulsion system:
Diesel electric power
Main engines:
- 2 x 4,5 MW
- 2 x 3 MW
2 x Azimuth Thrusters US ARC 0.8:
- 10 MW
2 x Polar Tunnel Thrusters:
- 2,2 MW
Underwater Radiated Noise (URN) ICES 209:
The vessel is spesified according to ICES 209.
Polar Classification:
Polar Class 3 (second year ice)
Ice load monitoring system:
The system is intended to navigate when the vessel is operating in ice infested waters so that appropriate action can be taken to minimize the likelihood of the vessel sustaining structural damage.
Research facilities:
15 Laboratories
3 container laboratories
4 kjølerom
2 freezer rooms for samples
Auditorium (50 seats)
Support capability:
40 passengers
Long range/high endurance
Space for 20 containers (20’)
Cargo hold (1180 cbm)
5 cranes
58 ton bollard pull
Firefighting class 1 compliant
Helicopter facilities:
Hangar for two small/medium helicopters. Deck dimensioned for NH-90 (Coastguard) and Super Puma (Svalbard SAR).
Hydroacoustics:
Multi-beam bathymetric echo sounders
Simrad EM710 MkII (depth range 2800m)
Simrad EM302 (depth range 7000m)
Marine biology echo sounders and sonars
Simrad EK 80 split beam echosounder
Simrad SH 90 omnidirectional sonar
Simrad SU 90 omnidirectional sonar
Simrad MS 70 multibeam sonar
Simrad ME 70 multibeam echosounder
Miscellaneous hydro acoustic equipment
Kongsberg SBP300-6 Deep Water Sub bottom profiler
Simrad Topas PS40 Sub bottom profiler
Teledyne RDI ADCP 38 kHz og 150 kHz
Kongsberg HiPAP 501
Kongsberg EA 600 12 kHz single beam echosounder
Scanmar tcatch monitoring/trawl geometry
Calypso Giant piston corer
2D/3D seismic equipment
Hugin AUV
Geology Equipments - Coring systems
Cravity corer
Calypso coring
Surface- subsurface sampling
MeBo mobile coring system
Scientific diving:
Workboat
Driver wardrobe
Dual compressors w/filling station
Hyperbaric chamber
Underway measurements:
Underway data (event logs)
Weather station
pCO2
2 x Thermosalinograph
Salinomenter
ADCP
Sound velocity probe
Gravimeter
Magnometer
Cufes (Fish egg sampling)
Weather sonde
Echosounders