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FRV Alba-Na-Mara

History
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Name: Alba-Na-Mara
Namesake: Scotland of the sea
Builder: Macduff Shipyards
Launched: 2008
Homeport: Fraserburgh
Identification:
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.


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