RV Sonne
| RV Sonne | |
| History | |
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| Name: | RV Sonne |
| Operator: | RF Forschungsschiffahrt GmbH |
| Port of registry: |  Bremen, Germany |
| Route: | Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean |
| Builder: | Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Laid down: | August 1968 |
| Out of service: | August 2014 |
| Renamed: | 25 June 2015, to ARA Austral |
| Identification: |
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| Fate: | Transferred to Argentina |
| History | |
 Argentina |
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| Name: | Austral |
| Owner: | CONICET |
| Operator: | Argentine Navy |
| Cost: | $54,192,935 ARS, €5,150,000 |
| Acquired: | 12 December 2014 |
| In service: | 7 November 2015 |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Research vessel |
| Displacement: | 4,952 Tonnes |
| Length: | 97.61 m (320 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 14.20 m (46 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in) |
| Installed power: |
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| Propulsion: | Diesel-electrical system |
| Speed: | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). |
| Crew: | 25 + 25 scientists |
The RV Sonne (German for 'Sun') is a former fishing trawler converted into a research vessel, doing mostly geoscience-related work for a variety of commercial and scientific clients. She is registered in Bremen.[1] She was replaced by RV Sonne (2014).
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Career
Rickmers Werft built Sonne in 1969 as a stern trawler and delivered her to Hochseefischerei Nordstern. From her homeport of Bremerhaven she operated mainly in the waters around Iceland, Greenland and Labrador.
Sonne was converted for use in a scientific exploration role by Schichau Unterweser AG in 1977 and by Rickmers Werft in 1978. In 1991 Schichau-Seebeck-Werft lengthened and modernized her.[1]
An order worth €124.4 million for a new geoscientific research ship was placed by the German federal ministry for education and research (90%) together with the costal states Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Bremen and Hamburg (10%) in May 2011. The new ship, also called Sonne was built in Meyer Werft in Papenburg, and will replace the current ship in 2015.[2] Launch took place on 5 April 2014.[3]
The last cruise of RV Sonne took place in August 2014, after that she was retired from the scientific use.[citation needed]
Argentine service
She was sold to the Argentinian institute CONICET for € 5.150.000 and she arrived in the Argentine Navy Naval base Mar del Plata, in February 2015. In June she was renamed ARA Austral. Austral is operated by a Navy crew, on behalf of the CONICET. [4][5]
In popular culture
Sonne appears in Frank Schätzing's novel The Swarm in connection with methane measurements off the Norwegian coast.[6]
See also
- RV Sonne (2014) - the successor of RV Sonne
References
Notes
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- ↑ Periodico Tribuna - El Gobierno compró buque nuevo (y miles de litros de alcohol para celebrar)
- ↑ Telam - La Presidenta encabezó la presentación del buque de investigación ARA Austral
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Bibliography
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External links
- Sonne homepage (German)
- RF Forschungsschiffahrt (homepage of the shipping company operating the Sonne)
- Research Vessel Sonne (by German Marine Research Consortium)
- Cruise reports Sonne (list of all cruises with links to cruise reports and data)
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