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MCA Category 0 Offshore Hydrographic survey, crew transfer and dive support catamaran, offering excellent sea keeping, stability, impressive accommodation and deck space.

SPECIFICATION

L.O.A.

Length Moulded

BEAM

Beam moulded

Draft

Displacment

Lightship

Seating capacity

Fuel  capacity

Engines

Power output

Gearboxes

Generator

Speed

Operational

Maximum

Certification

VIDEO 1

Orca III Sea trials, Alongside the two Azores pilot boats

55ft, / 17m

15.7m

6.4m

6.1m

1.3m

27,500kg

12 pass / 3 crew

3,000 litres

Volvo / Scania D16 750hp

9kw

Twin Disc 5135

21-22kts

24-25kts

MCA

See the video of Orca III being sea trialed 

Safehaven Marine,  have now launched ‘ORCA III' the third of their GRP Wildcat 53 / 16m catamaran's. She has been built for Angus Campbell, based on the Isles of Harris in the Outer Hebrides , Scotland . This is the third vessel Angus has commissioned from Safehaven Marine, the first being an Interceptor 42 in 2004, in 2007 he commissioned an Interceptor 55 which he has operated as a passenger vessel on the St Kilda run, a 100nm voyage from The Isles of Harris out into the North Atlantic, and must surly represent the most challenging of operational roles a commercial vessel must endure, often facing 6m seas on the voyage and regularly caught in heavy weather on the return trip, the Interceptor 55 proved a safe, seaworthy vessel. Angus will use ORCA III on this run, but will also use her for a multitude of other operational roles, these being windfarm support, hydrograpic survey and long range passenger and dive support, and for each role she has been specifically adapted. For windfarm support she features a heavily reinforced and fendered bow allowing crew transfers to windfarm structures and incorporates 12 reclining 'air craft' style passenger seats, each with a table in front providing a comfortable environment for passengers. For hydrographic survey work she is equipped with a moon pool and multi-beam sonar head deployment frame which can be removed when not required, this has been developed and refined by Safehaven over several previous survey vessels they have built. She features a dedicated survey bench for hydrographic equipment. For her St Kilda run, and for the long-range offshore work she will do the vessel has been built to comply with MCA Catagory 0, un-restricted service range, incorporating 5,000 litre fuel capacity, high survivability with 8 watertight compartments and complying with Cat 0 damaged stability requirements. Her hulls scantlings have been designed for Lloyds SSC area G1 and are 'substantial' with transverse framing at 500mm centres providing her with the strength needed working this far offshore. She is equipped with an Icom M800 SSB radio and live aboard facility with 8 bunk berths, full galley with a 240v cooker & hob as well as a large freezer, all powered by a 12kw generator providing onboard AC power. The vessel features a hydraulic power supply powering twin 95kgf bow thrusters, and a HIAB  crane mounted on the aft deck. She is fitted with her own 5m RIB carried on her spacious (28m2) aft deck on a cradle, and is launched by crane, allowing passenger transfers ashore from remote destinations. In addition she has a dive platform and divers ladder on the transom, and to assist dive operations she is fitted with twin bow capstains / windlasses and an aft capstain on her transom.

Safehaven's Wildcat 53 is a high buoyancy bow, twin chine symmetrical hull catamaran form, that has proved very successful in Safenaven's 'Wildcats',  providing exceptional levels of sea keeping and performance. The design is 16m  moulded (17m LOA) with a 6.1m / 20ft  beam and differs from the last two Wildcat 53 windfarm support vessels, supplied by Safehaven to Island Shipping in 2010 and 2011, both of which have been working successfully on UK windfarms for the past 18 mths, in having a single level superstructure design, as opposed to a raised bridge deck design, this gives the advantage of allowing f/wd visibility for all passengers which Angus felt was important for passengers on the long transit durations his passengers undertake in Cat 0 service.

Angus chose GRP again as he knew that Safehaven were no stranger to building exceptionally strong GRP hulls, the Wildcat 53 has the same heavy duty scantlings as their renowned pilot boats which are often subject to severe impacts in rough weather, this produces a vessel that can withstand tough use in harsh weather far offshore. GRP provides many benefits, being a homogeneous structure it is very strong, it gives a high standard of external finish with the advantage of zero maintenance and perfectly compliments Safehaven’s graceful designs, resulting in a very striking looking vessel.

Below, for hydrographic work she is fitted with a moon pool and multi-beam sonar head deployment frame.

SPECIFICATION

Vessel-                                    Wildcat 53

Builder-                                    Safehaven Marine

Date of launch                          April 2012

L.O.A.                                      16.5m

L.W.L.                                     13.8m

Beam-                                     6.1m

Displacement-                          28,000kg lightship / 31,000kg loaded

Construction material                GRP Composite

Draft-                                       1.3m

Engines                                   Scania D16 750hp

Gearboxes                               Twin Disc MG5135SC Quick Shift

Hydraulics                                Twin 95kgf bow thrusters, auxiliary supply.

Generator                                 Fisher Panda 12kw

Shafts                                      90mm dia

Propellers                                 4 blade, 30" dia.

Crane-                                      HIAB, Model 026T Max lift @ 1m- 1850kg / 5.5m - 430kg

Max deck load-                         5,000kg

Fuel capacity                           Main tanks 3,000litres / reserve tanks 2,000litres (5,000litres                                                total cap')

Max speed                               24kts

Operational speed                     20-21kts

Water capacity                        170litres

Calorifier capacity                     55 litres

Passenger capacity                  12 passengers / 2 crew

Seating capacity                      14 persons in main cabin

Aft deck seating                       12 persons in removable seating modules

Berths                                     8 berths in 2 separate cabins

Deck area for cargo                  Aft- 28m2,    Fwd 8.4m2

Freeboard                               1.5m

Winches                                 2 x 2000w  on fore deck

Capstains                               1 x 2000w at transom

Moon pool                               700x700mm

Multi beam sonar                     Transducer deployment system through moon pool

Dive platform                           100mm s/s tube. / 30mm GRP grating,

Dive ladder                              100mm s/s tune, 38mm steps, 1.7m length

Certification                             CAT 0, 14 persons

Liferafts                                   2 x 16 man Viking on launching cradles

Sounder                                  CVS-128                                                                    

Plotter                                      Koden GDT-110

Radar                                      JRC MDC-2040T                                                                    

Transducer                               TD-501T-3                                                             

Compass                                 Furuno SC-30 Satellite 

Autopilot                                  Simrad AP28

VHF                                         Icom IC M603 

SSB Radio telephone                Icom IC M801E                                                  

GPS                                        Furuno GP-33 / RD33 Display    

PC Navigation                           Seamax

Navtex                                     Nasa Marine

AIS                                          Comar CBS200 Class B

                                               CD / radio     

Safehaven Marine, Ashgrove, Cobh, Co Cork, Ireland

Phone 00353 86 8054582

Email- info@safehavenmarine.com                    safehavenmarine@eircom.net

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