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Korean antarctic research ship From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RV Araon is a large icebreaker operated by the Government of South Korea.[5] The vessel was commissioned in 2009. She supplies the King Sejong Station, and the Jang Bogo Station, South Korea's second Antarctic research station.
RV Araon in 2016 | |
History | |
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South Korea | |
Name | Araon |
Operator | Korea Polar Research Institute, South Korea |
Builder | Hanjin Heavy Industries, Yeongdo shipyard, Busan[1] |
Cost | 108 billion won[2] |
Laid down | May 2008[3] |
Launched | June 11, 2009[1] |
Completed | September 2009[4] |
Homeport | Incheon, South Korea |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Research ship[4] |
Tonnage | 6,950 GT[4] |
Length | 109.5 m (359 ft 3 in)[4] |
Beam | 19.0 m (62 ft 4 in)[4] |
Depth | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)[4] |
Ice class | KR PL-10 (DNV Polar-10)[3] |
Installed power | Four diesel engines (4 × 3,400 kW)[3] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | |
Range | 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)[4] |
Endurance | 70 days[4] |
Boats & landing craft carried |
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Capacity | 31 TEU on deck, 15 TEU in cargo hold[3] |
Crew |
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She underwent her sea trials in January 2010, in the Ross Sea.[6][7] Her first foreign port of call was Lyttelton, New Zealand.[8][9][10]
The first location her crew investigated, for a South Korean Antarctic base, in the Cape Burks area, was not deemed suitable, and she then investigated the selected site in Terra Nova Bay.[8][9]
In December 2011, she was instrumental in the rescue of the Russian trawler Sparta, trapped in Antarctic sea ice.[11]
Her class notation is KRS1-Special purpose ship (Research vessel) PL10, DAT (-30 deg. C), HMS1, KRM1-UMA3, DPS2, NBS2.[4]
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