Arquipelago

Date - 2015-02-09

Operator -Department of Oceanography and Fisheries of the University of the Azores (DOP/UAç) 

Type - Research Vessel

Name -Arquipelago

Year - 1993

Flag - Portuguese

IMO - 9086277 

Status - Active

Tonnage (GT) - 146GT

Deadweight tonnage (Dwt) - 60t

Length - 25,50m

Beam - 7m 

Draught - 3,5m

Propulsion 1 

Speed - 11 kts

Capacity - Fresh fish storage - 16.5 m³

                 Frozen fish storage - 13.4 m³

                 Fast freezing tunnel (2 ton/day) - 7.5 m³

                 Water tanks - 14.2 m³

                 Fuel tanks - 32.7 m³

                 Live bait tanks - 5.0 m³

                 Dry laboratory - 12.0 m²

                 Wet laboratory - 5.0 m²

                 Free deck space - 40 m²

                 Container-laboratory area - 9.0 m² 

Cranes - none

Crew - 7 and 6 scientists

What a nice surprise. This vessel was built in 1993 in Vigo, Spain. It is operated by the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries and its homeport it's in Horta, Faial Island. It came to Terceira for some maintenance works. On the second photo the vessel is seen on drydock in Praia's shipyard.