Laura Bassi (icebreaker)
Laura Bassi (formerly Polar Queen and RRS Ernest Shackleton) is an icebreaking research vessel operated by the Italian National Institute for Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, (in Italian: Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS). In February 2023, she set a record by sailing further south than any ship before, achieving 78°44•280´S in the Bay of Whales, which was made possible by an unusual lack of ice. Between 1999 and 2019, she was the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) logistics ship, primarily used for the resupply of scientific stations in the Antarctic.
The Ernest Shackleton (1999–2019), nowadays N/R Laura Bassi (2019-) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
| Name | Polar Queen |
| Owner | GC Rieber Shipping |
| Port of registry | Bergen |
| Builder | Kværner Kleven Leirvik A/S, Leirvik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway |
| Cost | $27,352,000 |
| Yard number | 267 |
| Laid down | 26 November 1994 |
| Launched | July 1995 |
| Completed | 27 September 1995 |
| In service | 1995–1999 |
| Fate | Transferred to British Antarctic Survey |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Ernest Shackleton |
| Namesake | Sir Ernest Shackleton |
| Owner | GC Rieber Shipping |
| Operator | British Antarctic Survey |
| Port of registry | Stanley, Falkland Islands |
| In service | 1999–2019 |
| Fate | Sold to Italy |
| Italy | |
| Name | Laura Bassi |
| Namesake | Laura Bassi |
| Owner | Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS) |
| Acquired | 2019 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9114256 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type |
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| Displacement | 5455 tonnes loaded |
| Length | 80 m (262 ft) |
| Beam | 17.0 m (56 ft) |
| Draught | 6.15 m (20 ft) |
| Ice class | DNV ICE-05 Icebreaker |
| Installed power | 2 x Bergen Diesel BRM 6 each 2550 kW |
| Propulsion | Thrusters : 816 Hp x 3 + 1088 Hp x 1 + 1 Azimuth 1088 Hp |
| Speed |
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| Range | 40,000 nautical miles (74,000 km; 46,000 mi) |
| Endurance | 130 days |
| Complement | 72 (22 Officers/Crew, 50 expedition personnel) |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck, max helicopter weight 10 tonnes |
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