RSV Nuyina

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RSV Nuyina undergoing sea trials in the North Sea, November 2020
History
Civil Ensign of Australia.svgAustralia
NameNuyina
Namesake Palawa kani for southern lights
OwnerThe Australian Government
Operator Serco
Port of registry Hobart, Australia
Ordered2015
Builder Damen Galați shipyard (Galați, Romania)
Yard number417 [1]
Laid down8 September 2017 [2]
Launched24 September 2018 [3]
Completed19 August 2021 [4]
Identification
StatusIn service [5]
General characteristics [6] [7]
Type Icebreaker, Research vessel
Displacement25,500 tonnes
Length160.3 m (526 ft)
Beam25.6 m (84 ft)
Draught9.3 m (31 ft)
Ice class Polar Class 3 Icebreaker(+)
Installed power
  • 2 × MAN 16V32/44CR
  • (2 × 9,600 kW) [8]
  • Four diesel generators [9]
Propulsion
Speed
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) max;
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) cruise;
  • 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) through
  • 1.65 m (5 ft) of ice
Range16,000 nautical miles (30,000 km; 18,000 mi)
Endurance90 days
Capacity
  • 1,900 m3 (67,000 cu ft) of cargo fuel
  • 1,200  tonnes of cargo
  • 96  TEU
  • 117 passengers
Crew32
Aircraft carriedUp to four helicopters
Aviation facilitiesHangar and helideck

RSVNuyina 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.

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Design and construction

The original concept was developed by the Danish engineering company Knud E Hansen. Design and construction of the vessel was managed by the Dutch Damen Group at their shipyard in Romania. [10]

Following a contractual agreement on 28 April 2016 with DMS Maritime, a subsidiary of Serco, for delivery, operation and maintenance, the ship's design and construction was contracted to Damen Group. [11] The design was contracted to naval architects Knud E Hansen of Denmark. [12] In August 2017, keel laying took place at Damen's Galați shipyard in Romania. [12] Coins from Denmark, Netherlands, Romania, and Australia were welded to the keel as part of the keel laying. [10]

By March 2018, 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] In September it 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] 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]

Service

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

Nuyina entered Damen Schiedam dry-dock in February 2021 for an unspecified reason.

It will be operated by Serco under the direction of the Australian Antarctic Division for the Australian Government. [24] It will support 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 2023, it was reported that Nuyina would have to sail to Burnie on the other side of Tasmania, some 360 nautical miles (670 km) away by sea, for refuelling before heading out to Antarctica. The ship's permission to pass under the Tasman Bridge to reach the refuelling station at Selfs Point, about 2.2 nautical miles (4 km) from its home berth in Hobart, was revoked due to safety concerns: due to its icebreaking hull form demonstrating excessive side slip during simulations and sea trials, Nuyina was found to have insufficient directional stability to safely complete the turn required before passing between the bridge pylons when sailing out. While the ship's protruding bridge wings were extended by 3.6 metres (12 ft) during construction to improve visibility near the ship's sides, [28] this did not have an impact on the decision on the ruling. [29] [30] [31]

In late August 2023, the Nuyina sailed from Tasmania towards Australia's Casey Station research base on the Bailey Peninsula in Antarctica. Two helicopters from the Nuyina rescued a member of the team at the base who was suffering a medical emergency that required evacuation. [32]

Science capabilities

Scientific Data from RSV Nuyina

Data from Nuyina can be accessed through https://data.aad.gov.au/.

Fixed laboratories

Containerised laboratories

Science spaces

Scientific Deployment Systems

Scientific data collection systems

Scientific Data Management System (SDMS)

Acoustic

Atmospheric

Seawater

Science equipment

Science tender

Related Research Articles

The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) is a division of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. The Division undertakes science programs and research projects to contribute to an understanding of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. It conducts and supports collaborative research programs with other Australian and international organisations, such as the Bureau of Meteorology and Geoscience Australia, as well as administering and maintaining a presence in Australian Antarctic and sub-Antarctic territories.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australian Antarctic Territory</span> Australian territorial claim on East Antarctica

The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a part of East Antarctica claimed by Australia as an external territory. It is administered by the Australian Antarctic Division, an agency of the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. The territory's history dates to a claim on Enderby Land made by the United Kingdom in 1841, which was subsequently expanded and eventually transferred to Australia in 1933. It is the largest Antarctica claimed by any by area. Australia is an original signatory to the Antarctic Treaty of 1961. Under section 4, all territorial claims are held in abeyance. Only four other countries accept Australia's claim — New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, and Norway. Those four countries also have claims to parts of Antarctica and all five mutually accepted each others claims.

USCGC <i>Healy</i> Icebreaker of the US Coast Guard

USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) is the United States' largest and most technologically advanced icebreaker as well as the US Coast Guard's largest vessel. She is classified as a medium icebreaker by the Coast Guard. She is homeported in Seattle, Washington, and was commissioned in 1999. On 6 September 2001 Healy visited the North Pole for the first time. The second visit occurred on 12 September 2005. On 5 September 2015, Healy became the first unaccompanied United States surface vessel to reach the North Pole, and Healy's fourth Pole visit happened on 30 September 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Icebreaker</span> Ship that is able to navigate through ice-covered waters

An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels, such as the icebreaking boats that were once used on the canals of the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">McMurdo Sound</span> Geographic location

The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) from the South Pole.

USCGC <i>Polar Star</i> United States Coast Guard heavy icebreaker ship

USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) is a United States Coast Guard heavy icebreaker. Commissioned in 1976, the ship was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington along with sister ship, USCGC Polar Sea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Research vessel</span> Ship or boat designed, modified, or equipped to carry out research at sea

A research vessel is a ship or boat designed, modified, or equipped to carry out research at sea. Research vessels carry out a number of roles. Some of these roles can be combined into a single vessel but others require a dedicated vessel. Due to the demanding nature of the work, research vessels may be constructed around an icebreaker hull, allowing them to operate in polar waters.

USS <i>Glacier</i> (AGB-4) United States Navy/Coast Guard Glacier-class icebreaker

USS Glacier (AGB-4) was a U.S. Navy, then U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker which served in the first through fifteenth Operation Deep Freeze expeditions. Glacier was the first icebreaker to make her way through the frozen Bellingshausen Sea, and most of the topography in the area is named for her crew members. When built, Glacier had the largest capacity single armature DC motors ever installed on a ship. Glacier was capable of breaking ice up to 20 feet (6.1 m) thick, and of continuous breaking of 4-foot (1.2 m) thick ice at 3 knots.

<i>Aurora Australis</i> (icebreaker) Australian icebreaker and research ship

Aurora Australis was an Australian icebreaker. Built by Carrington Slipways and launched in 1989, the vessel is owned by P&O Maritime Services. It was regularly chartered by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) for research cruises in Antarctic waters and to support Australian bases in Antarctica.

<i>Kapitan Khlebnikov</i>

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RV <i>Roger Revelle</i>

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USCGC <i>Eastwind</i>

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<i>Vaygach</i> (1989 icebreaker)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Polar Class</span> Ice class

Polar Class (PC) refers to the ice class assigned to a ship by a classification society based on the Unified Requirements for Polar Class Ships developed by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS). Seven Polar Classes are defined in the rules, ranging from PC 1 for year-round operation in all polar waters to PC 7 for summer and autumn operation in thin first-year ice.

Japanese icebreaker <i>Shirase</i> (AGB-5003) Japanese Polar Icebreaker

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NOAAS <i>Bell M. Shimada</i>

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<i>Vladimir Ignatyuk</i> (icebreaker) Russian icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel

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NOAAS <i>Reuben Lasker</i> American fisheries research vessel

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NOAAS <i>Oscar Dyson</i>

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NOAAS <i>Pisces</i>

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