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Namibia | |
Name | RV Mirabilis |
Owner | Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources [1] |
Port of registry | Walvis Bay, Namibia [1] |
Ordered | 11 February 2011 [2] |
Builder | STX Finland, Rauma shipyard, Finland [1] |
Cost | $ 41,600,000 [3] |
Yard number | 1378 [1] |
Laid down | December 2011 [3] |
Launched | April 2012 [3] |
Completed | 28 June 2012 [1] |
In service | 2012– |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Research vessel |
Tonnage | |
Length | 62.4 m (205 ft) |
Beam | 14.0 m (45.9 ft) |
Draught | 4.7 m (15 ft) |
Depth | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
Installed power | Wärtsilä |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Crew | 44 [3] |
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