Contact Email:
marineoutstations@newcastle.ac.uk.
Description:
The Princess Royal has a twin hull, deep-vee form with each hull having a bulbous bow. The hull form aims to improve seakeeping, stability and fuel efficiency and was designed by the School of Marine Science and Technology at Newcastle University. The ship was built by Alnmarintec in Blyth to MCA category 2 requirements and is constructed from aluminium alloy.
The Princess Royal is equipped with a 6.5 tonne-metre knuckle boom crane, a 2 tonne hydraulic A-frame, two trawl winches, a pot hauler two ROV winches and a 5-metre Rigid Inflatable Boat.
Powering the vessel are two MAN D2676 diesel engines coupled to two fixed-pitch propellers.
The Princess Royal is available for commercial charter.
The flexible nature of the vessel platform makes her ideally suited for wind-farm support, marine mammal and bird survey, servicing of moored oceanographic equipment and more traditional EIA support work such as benthic trawling, sediment sampling and habitat mapping.
She is also fully equipped to support a broad range of maritime research in both the marine science and engineering fields.
We welcome enquiries and collaboration with researchers from UK and EU institutes.
If you are interested in chartering the Princess Royal in support of your work we are happy to discuss your requirements, please contact marineoutstations@newcastle.ac.uk.