REV Ocean
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REV Ocean is a privately funded research and expedition vessel (REV) under construction by VARD shipyards.
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History | |
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Norway | |
Name | REV Ocean |
Owner | Kjell Inge Røkke |
Port of registry | Norway |
Ordered | May 2017[1] |
Builder | Fincantieri |
Cost | US$350-500 million[2][3] |
Laid down | 2017 |
Launched | 2019-08-24 |
Completed | 2024 (planned)[4] |
Status | Fitting out |
General characteristics | |
Type | Research vessel |
Tonnage | 17,440 GT |
Length | 183 m (600 ft) |
Beam | 22 m (72 ft) |
Draft | 5.25 m (17.2 ft) |
Ice class | Polar Class 6[5] |
Installed power | 4 × Wärtsilä 8L26 (4 × 2.7 MW (3,600 hp))[6] |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph), with 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) maximum |
Range | 21,120 nmi (39,110 km; 24,300 mi) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 trawlers, 1 submersible.[7][8] |
Complement | 90 (crew, scientists and guests) |
Crew | 30 |
Aviation facilities | 2 helipads, ACH145 Airbus Corporate helicopter.[9] |
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Some sources describe her as a yacht, but unlike a yacht, her main purpose is not recreation or sports. She is 182.9 metres (600 ft) in length and her gross tonnage is 17,440.