French ship Marion Dufresne (1995)

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Marion Dufresne
Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Namesake: Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne
Builder: Le Havre
Commissioned: 12 May 1995
Fate: active service
General characteristics
Displacement:

4900 tonnes (empty)

10380tonnesfullload
Length: 120.50 metres
Beam: 20.60 metres
Draught: 6.95 metres
Propulsion:

3 diesels

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Speed:

13.5 knots (low consumption speed)

15.7knots(cruisingspeed)
17knots(fullspeed)
Endurance: 2 months
Capacity:

110 passengers capacity in 59 cabins

2500tonnes,5600m³or1106.1-metrestandardcontainersofcargo
1170m³offuel
Complement:

6 officers

22sailors
Aircraft carried: Heliport for one Eurocopter Dauphin, Eurocopter Écureuil, Aérospatiale Alouette II or Aérospatiale Alouette III
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The Marion Dufresne is a research vessel maintained by the IPEV (Institut Polaire - Paul-Émile Victor) and TAAF, and named in honour of Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne. Designed as a multi-purpose research and resupply ship, she was launched in 1995.

The Marion Dufresne is designed to withstand rough seas. She is equipped with a device which allows her to retrieve sediments on the seafloor down to 60 metres deep, and a multi-beam sonar for cartography. She is also fitted with an operating theatre.

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