JAGO (German research submersible)
JAGO is the only manned German research submersible. The submersible and the crew K. Hissmann and the pilot J. Schauer is located since 1. January 2006 at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. The former owner was zoologist Hans Fricke from the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology in Seewiesen, Bavaria. JAGO can dive up to 400m and can carry one pilot and one observer. It can probe organisms, rock, gas and liquids. Furthermore it can be used as rescue and recovery vehicle for the northern baltic sea area. Due to the multidisciplinary connection between the GEOMAR and the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, scientists from the Cluster of Excellence "The Future Ocean" have occasionally access to the submersible. [1]
Technical Specifications
| Dimensions | length 3.0 m, beam 2.0 m, height 2.5 m |
| Weight in air | 3000 kg |
| Operation depth | 400 m |
| Cruising speed | 1 knot |
| Crew | 1 pilot, 1 observer |
| Life Support | 96 man hours |
| Pressure hull | steel, 15–18 mm |
| Viewports | acrylic bow viewport (700 mm ø, aperture angle 120°); top dome / hatch (450 mm ø, aperture angle 180°) providing 360° |
| Power supply | 6 lead-acid batteries, total capacity 13 KWh – 24 Volt DC |
| Propulsion | 4 reversible horizontal thrusters at stern, 2 rotatable thrusters on starboard and port side, 1 bow and 1 aft thruster |
| Basic systems | 720 l diving tanks for buoyancy at surface, 40 l ballast tank for vertical movements, 2 oxygen high pressure cylinders, 3 high pressure air cylinders, filter for CO2 absorption (air regeneration) |
| Rescue systems | emergency drop weigh, dead man safety system, generation of 500 kg positive buoyancy at 400 m depth, emergency buoy with rescue device |
| Equipment | Underwater navigation and positioning system (USBL ORE), compass, depth gauges, vertical and horizontal scanning sonar, underwater acoustic telephone communication UT 10 kHz, Xenon and Halogen lights, flash lights, laser scaling, digital video (HDV1080i) and still cameras for documentation, CTD, hydraulic manipulator arm with exchangeable claws, sampling devices for organisms, gas, water, fluids, sediments, rocks |
| Transport | 1 x 20' ISO container |
| Classification | Germanischer Lloyd Hamburg, Germany [2] |
References
- ↑ Overview JAGO, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 2012
- ↑ Technical Specifications, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 2012