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Due to mechanical problems in the propulsion line, ''Nuyina'' was repaired in Singapore under warranty, unable to be used during the 2022-23 Antarctic season.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-08 |title=Brand-new icebreaker breaks, again |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-08/new-icebreaker-rsv-nuyina-out-of-action/101221888 |access-date=2023-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-31 |title=It was meant to be a 'Disneyland for scientists', but Australia's icebreaker is sitting out the Antarctic season |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-01/antarctic-icebreaker-nuyina-to-miss-2023-expedition/101913218 |access-date=2023-03-04}}</ref> It resumed service in May 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australia’s Advanced Icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, Resumes Operations |url=https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2023/41813/australias-advanced-icebreaker-rsv-nuyina-resumes-/ |date=3 May 2023}}</ref> |
Due to mechanical problems in the propulsion line, ''Nuyina'' was repaired in Singapore under warranty, unable to be used during the 2022-23 Antarctic season.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-08 |title=Brand-new icebreaker breaks, again |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-08/new-icebreaker-rsv-nuyina-out-of-action/101221888 |access-date=2023-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-31 |title=It was meant to be a 'Disneyland for scientists', but Australia's icebreaker is sitting out the Antarctic season |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-01/antarctic-icebreaker-nuyina-to-miss-2023-expedition/101913218 |access-date=2023-03-04}}</ref> It resumed service in May 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australia’s Advanced Icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, Resumes Operations |url=https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2023/41813/australias-advanced-icebreaker-rsv-nuyina-resumes-/ |date=3 May 2023}}</ref> |
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In late August 2023, the Nuyina sailed from Tasmania towards Australia's Casey research base on the Bailey Peninsula. Two helicopters from the Nuyina rescued a member of the team at the base who was suffering a medical emergency that required evacuation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zhuang |first=Yan |date=2023-09-04 |title=Perilous, Icy Mission Rescues Sick Worker in Antarctica |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/world/asia/australia-rescue-antarctica.html |access-date=2023-09-06 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
In late August 2023, the ''Nuyina'' sailed from Tasmania towards Australia's Casey research base on the Bailey Peninsula. Two helicopters from the ''Nuyina'' rescued a member of the team at the base who was suffering a medical emergency that required evacuation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zhuang |first=Yan |date=2023-09-04 |title=Perilous, Icy Mission Rescues Sick Worker in Antarctica |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/world/asia/australia-rescue-antarctica.html |access-date=2023-09-06 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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==Science capabilities== |
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Revision as of 02:35, 6 September 2023
| History | |
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 Australia | |
| Name | Nuyina |
| Namesake | Palawa kani for southern lights |
| Owner | Government of Australia |
| Operator | Serco |
| Port of registry | Hobart, Australia |
| Ordered | 2015 |
| Builder | Damen Galați shipyard (Galați, Romania) |
| Yard number | 417[1] |
| Laid down | 8 September 2017[2] |
| Launched | 24 September 2018[3] |
| Completed | 19 August 2021[4] |
| Identification | |
| Status | In service[5] |
| General characteristics [6][7] | |
| Type | Icebreaker, Research vessel |
| Displacement | 25,500 tonnes |
| Length | 160.3 m (526 ft) |
| Beam | 25.6 m (84 ft) |
| Draught | 9.3 m (31 ft) |
| Ice class | Polar Class 3 Icebreaker(+) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 16,000 nautical miles (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) |
| Endurance | 90 days |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 32 |
| Aircraft carried | Up to four helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar and helideck |
RSV Nuyina is an icebreaking research and supply vessel intended to support Australian scientific activities and research bases in Antarctica. Capable of deploying a wide range of vehicles, including helicopters, landing barges and amphibious trucks to support the resupply operation, the new ship provides a modern platform for marine science research in both sea ice and open water with a large moon pool for launching and retrieving sampling equipment and remotely operated vehicles.
Design and construction
The original concept was developed by the Danish engineering company Knud E Hansen, and the design and construction is being managed by the Dutch Damen Group, which built the vessel in its Romania yard.[10]
Following contractual agreement on 28 April 2016[11] with DMS Maritime for delivery, operation and maintenance, the ship's design and construction was contracted to Damen Group. Design[12] was contracted to naval architects Knud E Hansen of Denmark. The keel laying was in August 2017[12] at Damen's Galați shipyard in Romania. Coins from Denmark, Netherlands, Romania, and Australia, were welded to the keel as part of the keel laying.[10] As of March 2018[update], about 7,000 tons out of 10,000 had been cut and the base of the hull had been completed.[13] In September 2018 the hull was successfully floated in the building dock and taken to the outfitting quay.[14] It was then towed to Vlissingen in the Netherlands for fitting out.[15]
The vessel was handed over on 19 August 2021,[4] and by September travelled from the Netherlands to Australia.[16]
RSV Nuyina's Ship's Bell
The bell for the Bridge of RSV Nuyina[17] was presented by the President of the ANARE Club[18] at the ship’s official launch on 18 December 2021.[19] It was manufactured in Maryborough, Queensland, by Olds Engineering,[20] from AS1567 - C92610 commonly referred to as G1 or ‘Admiralty gunmetal’ (88% copper, 10% tin, 2% zinc, supplied by Hayes Metals of New Zealand & Australia).[21]
The bell was engraved in Bendigo, Victoria, by National Engraving,[22] and the bell’s lanyard was made by Dr Barbara Frankel from Tasmania. The whole project, from metal, manufacture, engraving and knotting, was donated by those involved as a gift to the Australian Antarctic Division for RSV Nuyina.
Naming
On 29 September 2017, the name Nuyina (pronounced "noy-yee-nah") was announced by the Minister for the Environment, Josh Frydenberg. The name is the word in the palawa kani language of Aboriginal Tasmanians for the southern lights.[10] The name was suggested by school students in a competition, and is jointly attributed to students from St Virgil's College, Hobart and Secret Harbour Primary School, Perth.
The name Nuyina evokes the names of previous ships involved in Australian Antarctic research and investigation:[10]
- Aurora Australis (1989–2020), Australia's previous icebreaking research and resupply vessel
- SY Aurora (1876–1918), used by Douglas Mawson for exploring the continent (1910–14) and Ernest Shackleton
Service
Nuyina began sea trials in the North Sea on 23 November 2020.[23]
Nuyina entered Damen Schiedam dry-dock in February 2021 for unspecified reason.
It will be operated by Serco[24] under the direction of the Australian Antarctic Division for the Australian Government and will be supporting science operations in the Antarctic as well as resupplying the Australian Antarctic Division stations: Casey, Davis, Mawson and Macquarie Island.
Due to mechanical problems in the propulsion line, Nuyina was repaired in Singapore under warranty, unable to be used during the 2022-23 Antarctic season.[25][26] It resumed service in May 2023.[27]
In late August 2023, the Nuyina sailed from Tasmania towards Australia's Casey research base on the Bailey Peninsula. Two helicopters from the Nuyina rescued a member of the team at the base who was suffering a medical emergency that required evacuation.[28]
Science capabilities
Scientific Data from RSV Nuyina
Data from Nuyina can be accessed through https://data.aad.gov.au/.
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Fixed laboratories
- Air chemistry space
- Dry labs x 2
- Meteorological lab
- Wet labs x 2
- Wet well
Containerised laboratories
- 15 serviced lab module slots (services equiv to fixed wet labs)
- 9 serviced support module slots
Science spaces
- Aft control room
- Aft Deck ~ 500m2
- Battery charging rooms x 2
- Crows nest
- CTD hangar
- Electronics laboratory
- Foremast
- Gas bottles storage lockers x 4
- Hazardous material store
- Laboratory store
- Observation huts
- Sea ice refueling area
- Sea ice staging area
- Sea ice staging drying room
- Science cool and cold stores
- Science frozen store lobby
- Science meeting room
- Science Offices
- Science Operations Room
- Science winch room
Scientific Deployment Systems
- A frame 30t static with 10t and 5t winches
- Air sampling pipes in foremast x 2
- CTD hangar overhead crane
- CTD winches fibre optic x 2 (EOM)
- Deep core handling system
- Deep sea coring winch
- Deep sea towing winch fibre optic (EOM)
- Drop keels x 2
- Forward outboard deployment system
- General purpose CTD hangar winch
- General purpose winch
- Moonpool and cursor frame
- Multi-purpose overhead crane 10t
- Sea ice ramp
- Side outboard deployment system (SODS)
- Towed body winch fibre optic (EOM)
- Trawl winches x 2
- Tugger winches x 2
- Twin net drum
Scientific data collection systems
Scientific Data Management System (SDMS)
- KVM matrix switching
- Scientific racks
Acoustic
- Acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) in drop keel
- ADCP in hull
- Broadband echo sounders in hull (38, 50, 70, 120 & 200 kHz)
- Broadband echo sounders in drop keel (18, 38, 70, 120 & 200 kHz)
- Bubble monitoring cameras and noise monitoring hydrophones for Silent R and acoustic systems
- Deep multi beam echo sounder system in hull
- High resolution multi beam bathymetric echo sounder (MBES) system in drop keel
- Hydrophones for acoustic releases in hull
- Hydrophones for mammalian observations in drop keel
- Net monitoring transducers in drop keels
- Retractable high frequency Omni fisheries sonar
- Side looking multi beam in drop keel
- Sub bottom profiler in hull
- Sound velocity profiler
- USBL (ultra-short baseline system) in hull
Atmospheric
- Accumulated rain sensor
- Air pressure monitor
- Air temperature sensors (port, starboard and foremast)
- Automated total sky imager
- Ceilometer cloud height sensor
- Ice and wave radar
- Long wave infrared radiation sensors (port and starboard)
- Photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) sensors (port and starboard)
- Relative humidity (port and starboard)
- Sea surface skin temperature
- Solar (short wave) radiation sensors (port and starboard)
- UV biometer (port and starboard)
- UV radiation sensors (port and starboard)
- Wind speed and direction sensors (port, starboard and foremast)
- X-band weather radar
Seawater
- Acidity (pH)
- Conductivity, temperature and salinity (thermosalinograph)
- CO2 concentrations in seawater and air
- Fast rate repetition fluorometer (FRRF) with flow through chamber
- Laser optical particle counter
- Optical dissolved O2 sensor
- Seawater inlet temperature
- System pressure
Science equipment
- -86 °C ultra low freezers x 2
- -135 °C ultra low freezer
- C-channel (science spaces and aft science deck)
- Chemical storage freezer x 4
- Chemical storage fridge x 4
- Compressed instrument air (pure) in labs
- CUFES (continuous underway fish egg sampler)
- Deck inserts (science spaces and aft science deck)
- Display computers
- Flammable and corrosive chemical storage cabinets (vented ) x 11
- Fumes cupboards x 5
- Liquid nitrogen bulk storage and dispenser units (200L) x 2
- Reagent grade water in labs
- Science container interface
- Trace metal free seawater in labs
- Ultra pure (Milli Q) water x 2
- Vacuum waste system in labs
Science tender
- A frame
- Moon pool
- Multi beam echo sounder
- Science winch
- Sub bottom profiler
- Sound velocity profiler
References
- ^ "DAMEN SCHELDE 417 (9797060)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Icebreaker Keel Laying – Australian Antarctic Division". Knud E Hansen. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Damen performs float-out of Australian icebreaker". Damen. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Flying the flag over Australia's new icebreaker". Australian Antarctic Division. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Nuyina (9797060)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ NUYINA. Knud E. Hansen. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
- ^ Icebreaker specifications. Australian Antarctic Division. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
- ^ "MAN Powers Antarctic Icebreaker". MAN Energy Solutions. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ a b "A state-of-the-art antarctic icebreaker: ASRV Nuyina". Damen. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d Boaty McBoatface: Australia sees the light on naming new icebreaker after southern aurora, ABC News, 2017-09-29
- ^ Australian Icebreaker Operated by DMS Maritime to be Constructed by Damen, Damen Group media release, 2016-05-06
- ^ a b Keel-Laying of Australia's new icebreaker laid, Knud E. Hansen media release, 2017-08-25
- ^ Australia's Icebreaker Taking Shape. Maritime Executive, 17 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ "Damen performs float-out of Australian icebreaker". Damen Shipyards Group. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Breaker News Completion Ships Monthly October 2020 page 7
- ^ "RSV Nuyina homeward bound". www.antarctica.gov.au. 1 September 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021.
- ^ "RSV Nuyina – Australia's Antarctic icebreaker". www.antarctica.gov.au. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions". ANARE Club | Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "RSV Nuyina launches new era in Antarctic science". www.antarctica.gov.au. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Olds Engineering - Mechanical Engineers and Founders". www.olds.com.au. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Scrap Metal & Smelting Services Auckland :: Hayes Metals". www.hayesmetals.com.au. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "National Engraving Co". National Engraving Co. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ RSV Nuyina embarks on sea trials Australian Antarctic Division 24 November 2020
- ^ Tupas, Nastasha (18 October 2021). "Serco's RSV Nuyina exceeds all capability expectations". Defence Connect. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Brand-new icebreaker breaks, again". ABC News. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "It was meant to be a 'Disneyland for scientists', but Australia's icebreaker is sitting out the Antarctic season". ABC News. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Australia's Advanced Icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, Resumes Operations". 3 May 2023.
- ^ Zhuang, Yan (4 September 2023). "Perilous, Icy Mission Rescues Sick Worker in Antarctica". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 September 2023.