Safety training for RV Investigator’s support staff
Posted: April 29, 2014 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Future Research Vessel Project, RV Investigator, safety, Training Leave a commentEight support staff from CSIRO recently headed off to the pool to take part in the Elements of Shipboard Safety Course, run by Seafood Training Tasmania.
In the mix were Tegan Sime, who is an Operations Officer for the Marine National Facility, and Stewart Wilde who is part of Data Acquisition and Processing, in the Science Engineering and Technology section, at CSIRO in Hobart.
Both Tegan and Stewart were good sports when the local newspaper, the Mercury, sent along a photographer to take photos of the training. Check out the !
RV Investigatgor decked out!
Posted: April 23, 2014 Filed under: Home Leave a commentThe front, rear and 02 Level decks, of Australia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator, are ready for science!
These photos were taken on the recent scientific sea trials.
Testing the CTD system onboard Investigator
Posted: April 17, 2014 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, CTD, Future Research Vessel Project, RV Investigator, ship construction Leave a commentCTD stands for conductivity (salinity), temperature and depth.
The system that deploys this equipment from RV Investigator’s CTD laboratory, out and over the side of the ship and into the water, was tested during sea trials.
Check out the photos!
Let’s go!
Posted: April 16, 2014 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Future Research Vessel Project, RV Investigator, Scientific sea trials, ship construction Leave a commentCheck out the photos of Australia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator, heading out for scientific sea trials!
Scientific sea trials onboard RV Investigator
Posted: April 14, 2014 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Future Research Vessel Project, RV Investigator, Scientific sea trials, ship construction Leave a commentRV Investigator has been out doing sea trials, to test some of the scientific equipment onboard.
All lit up and getting ready to go!
RV Investigator at sea for sea trials
Posted: April 7, 2014 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Future Research Vessel Project, RV Investigator, Scientific sea trials, ship construction Leave a commentAustralia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel Investigator has been undertaking sea trials.
The ship looks fabulous!
Capturing our underwater world!
Posted: April 4, 2014 Filed under: Home | Tags: Australia's Marine National Facility, Drop keels, Future Research Vessel Project, Keel camera, RV Investigator, ship construction, Video 1 CommentOne of the coolest pieces of equipment we’ve got onboard Australia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator, is also one of the smallest.
It’s a camera, fitted onto one of Investigator’s drop keels!
While this nifty device is primarily being installed as part of the sonar performance verification program for the ship, it’s also going to be used to capture images of the marine environment.
It’s not unusual for some species like dolphins, to be attracted to moving ships, like in this photo snapped from onboard Southern Surveyor, and now we’ll be able to film species and marine environments, as we’re steaming along!
