The 2013 pictorial reivew of RV Investigator!
Posted: December 30, 2013 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Future Research Vessel Project, RV Investigator, ship construction Leave a commentSo much has happened in the shipyard this year, in the construction of Australia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator.
Check out the highlights in the slide show!
Seasons greetings!
Posted: December 25, 2013 Filed under: Home | Tags: Future Research Vessel Project 1 Comment
Seriously wired!
Posted: December 24, 2013 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Communication system, Future Research Vessel Project, IM&T, RV Investigator, SE&T, ship construction Leave a commentA team of CSIRO staff members has been in Singapore to start the installation of Investigator’s sophisticated computer network.
On the team was Ian Hawkes, Hugh Barker, Sean McInnes, Jerry Coppleman and Phillip Coles, who are specialists based in CSIRO’s Marine and Atmospheric Research Laboratories in Hobart.
This amazing team, and a whole bunch of IT specialists, have designed an impressive network for the ship over the past 18 months.
The computer network has several really important roles. Firstly it’s to collect data from a vast array of scientific equipment, from the CTDs, to the TRIAXUS, to the weather research radar. It’s also there to keep everyone safe via a system of cameras, which will enable the science operations to be viewed from a number of locations onboard, and it also keeps everyone connected to the rest of the world, via an impressive satellite communications system.
How wired are we talking? Here are some stats on the onboard system, to wow you with:
- 8 central servers
- 30 cameras monitoring ship operations
- 58 TB of central scientific storage (yes Terabytes!)
- 100 telephones
- 1,000 network outlets
- The network is built on a fibre optic backbone with a 10 Gbps core switch, and 1 Gbps edge switches (wow!)
- Investigator will have a 512kbps VSAT data link to shore for email, internet, voice, video, remote support services as well as enabling live science data transfer.
Impressed?
I am!
More interior photos of RV Investigator to tantalise!
Posted: December 23, 2013 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Cabins, Future Research Vessel Project, Interiors, RV Investigator, ship construction Leave a commentEach day more and more rooms onboard RV Investigator are having the final touches added, with furniture and furnishings, finishing off rooms, making them look ready for scientists, crew and support staff.
Check out the photos!
The fit-out of the laboratories and more!
Posted: December 18, 2013 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Future Research Vessel Project, RV Investigator, ship construction Leave a commentSo much work has been going on inside RV Investigator, you won’t recognise the interiors!
Here are some images of the laboratories, the galley, hospital, Operations Room and more.
Investigator takes the plunge!
Posted: December 16, 2013 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Future Research Vessel Project, RV Investigator, ship construction, Skidding 2 CommentsHow do you get the 94 metre long, 18 metre wide, 6,082 ton, RV Investigator, from the wharf into the water?
Watch the time-lapse of the skidding of Australia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel and you’ll find out!
Southern Surveyor in port in Hobart
Posted: December 11, 2013 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Southern Surveyor Leave a commentThis beautiful photo of Southern Surveyor at dusk, in port in Hobart, was taken recently by Terence Ong.
