RV Le Suroît
Le Suroît docked in Concarneau in 2007
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Name | RV Le Suroît |
Owner | IFREMER |
Operator | Genavir[2] |
Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Manche, Dieppe[1] |
Launched | 20 July 1974 |
Refit | 1999 |
Homeport | Brest[1] |
Identification |
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Status | Active in service |
General characteristics [3] | |
Type | Research vessel |
Tonnage | 946 GT |
Displacement | 1,132 long tons |
Length | 56.34 m (184.8 ft) |
Beam | 11 m (36 ft) |
Draught | 4.10 m (13.5 ft) |
Installed power |
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Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 16–23 |
RV Le Suroît is a French
Since being refurbished in 1999, the vessel is able to undertake
History
The vessel was commissioned and built in 1975 by Ateliers et Chantiers de
RMS Titanic.[4] Aboard Le Suroît on this mission was Robert Ballard. Le Suroît was able to rule out large sections of a pre-determined 150-square-mile (390 km2) search area – between 26 July and 6 August, 80% of the area had been searched.[8] It later transpired that on one of its first passes, Le Suroît had come within only 3,300 feet (1,000 m) of Titanic.[9] The mission ended on 6 August,[5] after which RV Knorr travelled from the Azores to concentrate on more specific areas using different strategies.[4]
In October 2011, the vessel was on assignment in Crete[10] before travelling to La Seyne-sur-Mer in December.[1]
Facilities and equipment
The vessel is equipped with a range of devices. The computers run IFREMER's CARAIBES mapping software.cruising speed, and the speed at which surveying is undertaken, is approximately 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[11]
References
- ^ a b c "LE SUROIT - IMO 7360368". ShipSpotting. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Vessel Data and Contact Information". College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "RV Le Suroît". Ocean Facilities Exchange Group. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "1985 Discovery of Titanic". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ a b Alfred, Randy (2 September 2008). "Sept. 2, 1985: Hey, Everyone, We Found the Titanic". Wired. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Trillo, Robert L (1978). Jane's ocean technology. Jane's Yearbooks. p. 250.
- ^ "Discovery of Titanic". Titanic-Titanic. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ISBN 1-85089-305-5.
- ISBN 978-0-446-51385-2.
- ^ "Oceanographic research ship Le Suroit (France)". Sailwx. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Specifications". IFREMER Fleet. IFREMER. Retrieved 5 March 2012.