Coastal Survey Vessel: M.V. Titan Explorer Launched in 1999 as an enlarged version of 'Surveyor' with longer range. 'Explorer' is a catamaran workboat built by Cheetah Marine of Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, UK. It is generally kept on the water and often steamed from site to site. Certification Built to Maritime and Coastguard Agency Workboat Code of Practice (Area Category 2 - 60 miles from a safe haven) Licensed for 6 people including crew Specifications   Length Draught Aft Deck   Generator Fuel Capacity Beam Engines Wheel house   Speed Weight Trailer 9.7 metres 0.6 metres 2.4 metres by 2.8 metres with extending ‘A’ Frame and over side mounts port and starboard 240 V marinised diesel (20 litre fuel tank) 12 Vdc vessel supply 300 litres 2.9 metres Twin 130hp 4 stroke outboards 2.6 metres by 2.5 metres incorporating two 2 metre and two 1 metre equipment racks (19 inch system) Up to 20 knots dependent on load 3.5 tonnes with equipment Triple axle road trailer GTW 4500kgs Safety Equipment 6 man liferaft with hydrostatic release Auto inflation life jackets with safety harness 2 life rings complete with floating line and lights Survey signals (lights & shapes) Autohelm autopilot Life Sling - man over board recovery system Raytheon Pathfinder Radar 1 x Fixed VHF radios and 1 x Icom IC-M12 transportable radio 1 x Fixed DSC VHF radio 406MHz EPIRB Search Light Positioning Equipment Trimble 4400 RTK GPS Receiver Trimble 4000 DLII GPS Receiver (9 Channel) Trimble AG132 DGPS Receiver (12 channel         GLA and Fugro Seastar compatible) Trimble ProBeacon Differential Receiver         (GLA compatible) Trimble DSM Pro Differential Receiver Hydrographic Survey Equipment Trimble HYDRO and HydroPro software running on ruggedised PC Odom Hydrotrack single frequency (200KHz) echosounder (hull mounted transducer) EdgeTech LC100 single frequency sidescan sonar system running 272T towfish EdgeTech DF1000 digital dual frequency side scan sonar system mated to Oceanscan Hunter acquisition software on ruggedised PC EdgeTech X-Star Full Spectrum Sub-Bottom Profiler system with 2 x 2 in hull transducer or towfish, signal processing via SUN SPARC4 workstation Applied Acoustics CSP1000 Bangbox running either boomer catamaran or sparker transmit array TSS360 shallow seismic processor with Exabyte tape drive/internal digital storage KVH Azimuth 1000 flux gate compass TSS DMS-25 Heave Compensator EPC Model GSP-1086 grey scale printer RDI Workhorse ADCP on over-the-side mount Geometrics G881 Caesium Magnetometer
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