RV Cefas Endeavour
Cefas Endeavour moored in the Inner Harbour, Lowestoft
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| Name: | Cefas Endeavour |
| Owner: | P&O Maritime Services |
| Builder: | Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 712 |
| Launched: | 2002 August 14 |
| In service: | 2003 |
| Homeport: | Lowestoft |
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| Tonnage: | 2983 GRT, 894 NRT |
| Displacement: | 2,983 t (2,936 long tons) |
| Length: | 73 m (239 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion: | 3 × diesel AC generators; 2 × tandem electric DC motors, single screw; bow thruster; stern thruster |
| Speed: | 14.4 knots (16.6 mph; 26.7 km/h) |
| Complement: | 19 scientists, 16 crew |
RV Cefas Endeavour is an ocean-going fisheries research vessel which is based at the port of Lowestoft and is operated by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas). She is used to support all aspects of Cefas activities from fish stock surveys to launching autonomous monitoring equipment.
Cefas Endeavour was constructed at Ferguson Shipbuilders in Glasgow. She was named by Lindsay Murray, Cefas' science area head for environmental management at Burnham-on-Crouch, who is also wife of the chief executive Peter Greig-Smith. The naming ceremony took place on 20 June 2003.
The ship was built to replace the former research vessel RV Cirolana, and is designed to minimise underwater noise, which minimises fish disturbance and ensures better results from sonar equipment. Operation is currently outsourced by Cefas to P&O Maritime Services.
On 7 November 2003 she was at Duchy Wharf, Falmouth, for unspecified minor repairs. In 2014, her captain was reported as Paul Kersey.
From circa 2008 to 2011, Cefas Endeavour completed a survey – the East Coast Regional Environmental Characterisation – to discover more about the seabed from north Norfolk to Walberswick, covering an area of 3,300 square kilometres (1,300 sq mi). Combining data with existing records, researchers were able to produce maps on tidal patterns, water temperature, and general biodiversity. The aim of the survey was to map and record features such as sub-tidal reefs and sandbanks. The team also discovered the wreck of HMS Exmoor, several Second World War aircraft, and hand axes, cores, and flakes dating from the Palaeolithic period. They also discovered a specimen of Rissoides desmaresti, a rare mantis shrimp that was previously unknown in the area.
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