RV Mirabilis
| Career (Namibia) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | RV Mirabilis |
| Owner: | Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources[1] |
| Port of registry: |
Walvis Bay,  Namibia[1] |
| Ordered: | 11 February 2011[2] |
| Builder: | STX Finland, Rauma shipyard, Finland[1] |
| Cost: | $ 41,600,000[3] |
| Yard number: | 1378[1] |
| Laid down: | December 2011[3] |
| Launched: | April 2012[3] |
| Completed: | 28 June 2012[1] |
| In service: | 2012– |
| Identification: |
IMO number: 9619725 Call sign: V5-NM[1] MMSI number: 659620000 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Research vessel |
| Tonnage: | 2,131 GT 639 NT 795 DWT |
| Length: | 62.4 m (205 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.0 m (45.9 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.7 m (15 ft) |
| Depth: | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
| Installed power: | Wärtsilä |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Crew: | 44[3] |
RV Mirabilis is a deep-sea fisheries research vessel owned by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia.
She was built in 2012 by STX Finland Rauma shipyard in Rauma, Finland, to replace the ageing RV Welwitschia, which was gifted by Japan in 1994.[3] The vessel was procured with the help of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, which provided an interest free loan.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Mirabilis (20374X)". Veristar Info. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A fisheries research vessel for Namibia thanks to interest subsidy from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs". Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 RV Mirabilis Fisheries Research Vessel, Namibia Ship Technology. Retrieved 11 June 2014.