RV Cirolana
research vessel
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- RV Cirolana
- IMO number
- 6928711
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- research vessel
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 72.5 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1970
- Builder
- Ferguson Marine
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About RV Cirolana
RV Cirolana was a fisheries research vessel used by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and originally built for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom). She was initially intended to replace the RV Ernest Holt operating in arctic waters around Bear Island (Norway) and Iceland, but following the Cod Wars spent most of her working life conducting fisheries surveys in the North Sea, Irish Sea and English Channel. For the first part of her career RV Cirolana was based in the fishing port of Grimsby, but after bridge and channel dredging work improved the depth, it was deemed acceptable to bring her to Lowestoft. Her engines etc were housed in a sound and vibration proof enclosure which was supported on many pneumatic dampers. She had main electric propulsion motors which powered the screws.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is RV Cirolana now?
- RV Cirolana has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is RV Cirolana?
- RV Cirolana is a research vessel, built in 1970 by Ferguson Marine. The vessel is 72.5 m long.
- Has RV Cirolana been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for RV Cirolana appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).