RRS James Cook
| 300px RRS James Cook in dock at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | RRS James Cook |
| Owner: | NERC Research Ship Unit |
| Builder: | Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinbabrikk AS, Norway. Hull built in Gdansk, Poland |
| Cost: | £36 million |
| Laid down: | January 2005 |
| Christened: | February 2007 by HRH Princess Royal |
| Maiden voyage: | 5 March 2007 |
| Status: | in service |
| Notes: | [1][2][3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: |
Lloyds +100A1, Ice 1C, FS, +LMC, UMS DP(AM) Research Vessel |
| Displacement: | ~5800 tonnes |
| Length: | 89.5 m |
| Beam: | 18.6 m |
| Draught: | 5.5 – 5.7 m |
| Installed power: |
Wartsila 9L20 - 4x 1770 Kw |
| Propulsion: |
Bow Thruster: 1200 Kw Super Silent |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Crew: | 9 Officers; 13 Crew & Technicians; 32 Scientists |
| Notes: |
Endurance 50 days |
The RRS James Cook is a British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). She was built in 2006 to replace the ageing RRS Charles Darwin with funds from Britain's NERC and the DTI's Large Scientific Facilities Fund. She was named after Captain James Cook, the British explorer, navigator and cartographer at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton by HRH The Princess Royal. .[5]
Her maiden scientific voyage, on 5 March 2007, was to study a hole in the Earth's crust revealing the mantle below.[6] The RSS James Cook was involved in the discovery of what is believed to be the world's deepest undersea volcanic vents, while in the Caribbean. [7][8]
- RRS James Cook.jpg
RRS James Cook in Valapraiso
References
- ↑ "Planet Earth" (pdf). NERC. Spring 2007. http://www.nerc.ac.uk/publications/planetearth/2007/spring/spr07-news.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ↑ "RRS James Cook". NERC. http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/facilities/marine/jamescook.asp. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ↑ "RRS James Cook". National Oceanography Centre. http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/nmf/sea_sys_index.php?page=jcook. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ↑ "RRS James Cook". rrsjamescook.com. http://www.rrsjamescook.com/rrsjameCook.asp. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ↑ "RRS James Cook named by HRH The Princess Royal". Natural Environment Research Council. http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/briefings/2007/03-jamescook.asp. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ↑ "JC007: Drilling the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Website on the maiden scientific voyage". National Oceanography Centre. http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/gg/classroom@sea/JC007/index.html. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ↑ "World's deepest undersea vents discovered in Caribbean". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8611771.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ↑ "British scientific expedition discovers world's deepest known undersea volcanic vents". physorg.com. http://www.physorg.com/news190208909.html. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
External links
- National Oceanography Centre - Sea Systems - RRS James Cook, Southampton
- Movie of the hull launch of the RRS James Cook in Gdansk, Poland
- Unofficial website and blog by a seagoing technician.
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