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The R/V PELAGIA (66 m, built 1991) is specially designed as a multi-purpose research vessel. It has very favourable nautical properties, and is known for its silent and smooth behaviour.    she has a smooth hull and a special designed four-blade propeller; diesel electric propulsion makes every revolution of the propeller possible from zero to full power; diesel generator foundations and hydraulic foundations are mounted on noise isolation rafts; the hydraulic pipe system is equipped with special silencers; the pipe system is mounted on rubber noise isolation clamps. excellent manoeuvrability is obtained by using the omni-directional bow thruster of 400 kW in combination with the installed flap rudder;
The Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca, after which the ship was named. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ian A. Anderson, Australia.
R/V PELAGIA has many years experience in seismic surveys, deep tow bathymetry and sonar trials, CTD and coring activities (box-, multi-, piston-, gravity-, vibro-, CPT), biological sampling methods as well as in deployment and recoverage of deep-sea moorings and bottom landers.
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