Originally Posted by
Chris Shelton
Found the following info on his ship;
SA's new marine-research vessel launched
Friday, 21 September 2007
The Department of Environmental Affairs' new dedicated research vessel, the Ellen Khuzwayo, was launched by Environmental Affairs Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk in Cape Town on Thursday.
Van Schalkwyk said the ship would be used mainly for inshore research, including work on crayfish, linefish, seabirds, marine mammals and sharks. It would also be used for diving operations and for monitoring and researching oceanographic conditions.
"With the global community increasingly realising the challenges of climate change, we will now be more prepared to monitor these changes in the oceans closer to our own shores," Van Schalkwyk said
The ship is equipped with two fully-fitted laboratories, one for fish sampling and another for ceanographic studies, plus advanced acoustic equipment for fish surveys and state-of-the-art oceanographic equipment.
It carries a crew of 13 and has accommodation for eight scientists. Designed to operate in the waters of the southern African region, it can freely range South Africa's 200 nautical mile economic exclusion zone and can stay at sea for over two weeks.
The ship is named after the late Dr Ellen Khuzwayo, a prominent figure in the struggle against apartheid.
Sapa
Do you think they would let us borrow it,I am sure there is lots of research we could do on there..
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James Boswell.
[T]his planet is covered with sordid men who demand that he who spends time fishing shall show returns in fish. ~Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.
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