General specifications
Identification
- Ship's name: FOREL
- Flag: SWITZERLAND
- Port of registry: BASEL
- Year of construction: 2000
- Upgrade: 2023
- Official number: 07640
- MMSI : 269120040
- Call sign: HBY6102
Capacity
- Crew berths: 6
- Passenger berths: 6
Boat specifications
- Overall length: 27,57 m
- Draft: 2,33 m
- Beam: 8,06 m
- Gross tonnage: 114 T
- Net tonnage: 34 T
- Engine power: 2 x 400 HP
- Construction material: Aluminium
- Cruising speed: 6,5 knots
Safety equipment
- Lifejacket (SOLAS): 12
- Immersion suit: 12
- Liferaft: 2
- Medical equipment: Yes
Computers and data storage
- Internet access
- Ethernet port
- Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
- Network storage (NAS 4TB)
- Iridium + Starlink communication
Technical specifications
- Winch: 12 -7.3 kN, 1500 m of Prima sheathed cable (3.6 T)
- Seawater lines
- Fresh water lines (desalination)
- Power supply: 12 V, 24 V and 230 V and 380 V (three-phase)
- Sounder: Furuno DFF3D and FCV 295
- Radar: Furuno DRS4D NXT
Dinghy
- Highfield 420, Suzuki engine 50 HP
Scientific equipment
Laboratories
Wet lab (8 m2)
- MiliQ water
- Laboratory articulated suction arms (hood Ø 350 mm)
- Stirring cabinet (27 U)
Clean laboratory (5 m2)
- Air extraction hoods (MAC 10 LEDC/STD): 2
General facilities
- Chemical cabinets (flame, acid and base)
- Refrigerator +3 to +16°C (558 L)
- Freezer -9 to -30°C (499 L)
- Air compressor
- Diving equipment (2 pers.)
- Oceanographic equipment
Oceanographic equipment
CTD- CTD unit (SBE 25Plus)
- dO2 (SBE-43)
- pH (SBE-18)
- CDOM
- PAR (SATPAR ICSW)
- Chlorophyll-a and Turbiditéb (ECO-FLNTURD)
Rosette
- Rosette 1018 General Oceanics
- Niskin 8L bottles (12)
- OceanPackTM Classic (SubCtech)
- Thermosalinograph (SBE-45)
- Water inlet temperature sensor (SBE-38)
- Oxygen (AADI 4835, Optode 4835)
- pH (SubCtech)
- Chl a (Trios NanoFlu)
- CDOM (Trios NanoFlu)
- Turbidity (STM 880nm)
- Ocean view (Outdoor Notebook)
Vessel layout
