Technical description

Type
Multipurpose research vessel

Flag
Mexico

Call Sign
XCSN

IMO Number
8101367

Year Built / Beginning of operation
1982/1983

Dockyard
ACE. Mjellem y Karlsen, Bergen, Norway

Clasification society
BUREAU VERITAS, SOLAS, and MARPOL

Main dimensions
Length overall: 50 m (164′)
Length between perpendiculars: 46.3 m (152′)
Breadth extrem: 10.3 m (34′)
Draught (Reported/Max): 5 m (16′)

Summer DWT
1050 t

Speed
Typically 12.5 knots

Fuel capacity
200 m³  (52,853 gallons)

Fresh water
≈ 8 m³/ día (2,113 gallons/day)

Stability
Ballast tank

Self-sufficient
≈25 days or o 8000 n.m.

Crew
20 scientists and 15 crew members

Owner
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Manager
Scientific Research Coordination,
UNAM

Homeport
Tuxpan, Veracruz. on the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico

Main Machine
B&W Alpha Diesel 1,700 HP/800 RPM

Propeller System
Controllable pitch propeller. Hjelset Motorfabrikk

Side Thrusters
Fixed Brunvoll stern 360 GRAD,
Elliot bow 200 HP 

Motor-generator
Two generators of 275 KVA each,
120/220 V 60 Hz, 440 V 60 Hz three-phase

Clean current generator
20 KVA
120 V 60 Hz