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R/V Tanganyika Explorer Specifications
Length overall: 25.30 m
Length BP: 21.50 m
Breadth moulded: 6.86 m
Depth moulded: 3.10 m
Draft: approx. 2.00 m
Displacement, lightship: approx. 100 t
Fuel capacity: approx. 12 m3
Accommodation: 8 - scientists
4 - officers
4 - deck hands
Endurance, minimum: 10 days
Wet laboratory: 7 m2
Main engine: Cummins KTA19M developing 425 HP continuous at 1800 RPM, Twin Disc MG 516C reduction/reverse gearbox (4.5.1)
Generators: Two Cummins diesel generators, each having continuous Output 40kVA 220V
Deck equipment: Two split winches, 1.5 t pull at 60m/min on mid drum
One 2.5 m3 net drum winch, 5.0 t at 40m/min
One hydrographic winch with 250 m, 4 mm stainless Wire.
Trawl sonde
Electro-hydraulic windlass
Electronics: Radar, SSB, VHF
Echosounder, sonar, Simrad echointegrator
Autopilot, GPS

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