History | |
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Name: | Alba-Na-Mara |
Namesake: | Scotland of the sea |
Builder: | Macduff Shipyards |
Launched: | 2008 |
Homeport: | Fraserburgh |
Identification: |
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Status: | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Trawler |
Displacement: | 163 GT |
Length: | 27 m (88 ft 7 in) |
Beam: | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
Draught: | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
Installed power: | Mitsubishi S6R MPTKFx2 630 hp @ 1600rpm |
Propulsion: | Twin propeller |
Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) (max 16kn) |
Endurance: | 14 days |
Complement: | 8 crew + 5 scientists |
Marine Research Vessel (MRV) Alba-Na-Mara is a small fisheries research vessel, operated by Marine Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government.
Alba-Na-Mara was commissioned in 2008. She replaced FRV Clupea which had been in operation with FRS for 40 years.
Alba-Na-Mara is equipped with a sophisticated range of deck machinery and electronics. She is capable of carrying out fisheries research, single, twin, pelagic/demersal/trawling and scallop dredging, hydrographic sampling, surveying and camera work up to 150 miles offshore.