RSV Nuyina

Nuyina is an icebreaking research and supply vessel (RSV), intended to support Australian bases in Antarctica. The vessel can deploy 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.

RSV Nuyina undergoing sea trials in the North Sea in November 2020
History
Australia
Name: Nuyina
Namesake: Palawa kani for southern lights
Owner: Government of Australia
Operator: DMS Maritime
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: 2020 (planned)[4]
Identification: IMO number: 9797060[1]
Status: Under construction
General characteristics [5][6]
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
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (max)
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (cruising)
  • 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 1.65 m (5 ft) ice
Range: 16,000 nautical miles (30,000 km; 18,000 mi)
Endurance: 90 days
Capacity:
  • 1,900 m3 (67,000 cu ft) of cargo fuel
  • 1,200  tonnes of cargo
  • 96 TEU
  • 117 passengers
Crew: 32
Aircraft carried: Up to four helicopters
Aviation facilities: Hangar and helideck

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.[7]

Following contractual agreement on 28 April 2016[8] with DMS Maritime for delivery, operation and maintenance, the ship’s design and construction was contracted to Damen Group. Design[9] was contracted to naval architects Knud E Hansen of Denmark. The keel laying was in August 2017[9] 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.[7] As of March 2018, about 7,000 tons out of 10,000 had been cut and the base of the hull had been completed.[4] In September 2018 the hull was successfully floated in the building dock and taken to the outfitting quay.[10] It was then towed to Vlissingen, Holland for fitting out.[11]

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 the Tasmanian aborigines for the southern lights.[7] 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:[7]

Service

Nuyina began sea trails in the North Sea on 23 November 2020.[12]

It will be operated by DMS Maritime 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.

Science Capabilities

Fixed laboratories

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 Management System (SDMS)

Acoustic

Atmospheric

Seawater

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

References
  1. "DAMEN SCHELDE 417 (9797060)". Sea-web. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. "Icebreaker Keel Laying – Australian Antarctic Division". Knud E Hansen. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. "Damen performs float-out of Australian icebreaker". Damen. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. Australia's Icebreaker Taking Shape. Maritime Executive, 17 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  5. NUYINA. Knud E. Hansen. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  6. Icebreaker specifications. Australian Antarctic Division. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  7. Boaty McBoatface: Australia sees the light on naming new icebreaker after southern aurora, ABC News, 2017-09-29
  8. Australian Icebreaker Operated by DMS Maritime to be Constructed by Damen, Damen Group media release, 2016-05-06
  9. Keel-Laying of Australia's new icebreaker laid, Knud E. Hansen media release, 2017-08-25
  10. "Damen performs float-out of Australian icebreaker". Damen Shipyards Group. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  11. Breaker News Completion Ships Monthly October 2020 page 7
  12. RSV Nuyina embarks on sea trials Australian Antarctic Division 24 November 2020
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