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Name | RV Bernicia |
Namesake | Bernicia, a sixth-century Anglo Saxon Kingdom |
Owner | Newcastle University |
Operator | Newcastle University Department of Marine Science and Technology |
Port of registry | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Route | Northumberland Sea Area |
Ordered | 1973 |
Builder | Ryton Marine, Wallsend, UK |
Commissioned | March 1973 |
Identification | Call sign MLER |
Fate | Sold |
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Name | RV Bernicia |
Owner | Bernicia Netherlands |
Operator | Bernicia Netherlands |
Route | Rotterdam Area |
Identification | Call sign PB4310 |
Status | In service as of August 2013 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | DTp VIIIA, Lloyds 100A1 |
Type | Research Vessel |
Tonnage | 46.25 GT |
Displacement | 58.24 tonnes |
Length | 16.2 m (53 ft) LOA |
Beam | 4.72 m (15.5 ft) |
Draught | 2.59 m (8.5 ft) |
Depth | 3.39 m (11.1 ft) (deck edge to keel) |
Decks | 1 main deck with 20m² deck space |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 9.0 knots (16.7 km/h; 10.4 mph) (maximum), 8.0 knots (14.8 km/h; 9.2 mph) (cruising) |
Range | 5000nm |
Endurance | 3 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 4m inflatable |
Complement | 4 × crew and 12 × scientists |
Crew | 1 × Officer, 3 × crew |
The RV Bernicia is a research vessel owned and operated by diving organisation Bernicia Netherlands. It was previously operated by Newcastle University's Department of Marine Science and Technology, where it was used for research and teaching in the North Sea and in river estuaries, largely in the area of marine biology.