Aberlour - Diving Daughter Craft
Aberlour - Diving Daughter Craft
The dive craft is supported during offshore operations by support craft for supply and personnel transport. It is ideally suited for restricted area access around offshore vessels/platforms and MoDu where DSVs have limited access for maintenance/surveys. It is also ideal for harbourinspection and repair workscopes where access from quayside is restricted.
Typical workscopes include but not limited to:
- Subsea structure inspecton (ACFM, MPI, CP, etc.)
- Light construction works
- Blanking plate installation/removal
- Debris removal
- Special periodic surveys (SPS) carried out to class requirements
- Inshore harbour survey work
- Offshore renewables
SPECIFICATIONS
Power Units: Twin Cumming 610 bhp @ 2300 rpm diesel engines
Drive Units: Twin ultra dynamics water jets
Nav Systems: Garmin chart plotter, radar, class B AIS transponder, sounder module, depthspeed/temperature transducer and wind gauging system
Communications: Icom VHF radio c/w two talkback hailers, GMDSS VHF radio, buoyant handheld VHF radio, furuno NX300D navtex and satellite phone
AC Power: Cummins onan 6 kVA generator set (primary), whisper 3 kVA generator set (secondary), 3,000W DC/AC power inverter/charger (tertiary)
Nav Lighting: Masthead light, all round white anchor light, port and starboard slidelights, stern light
Deck Lighting: Bow, aft, port, deck, starboard deck flood lights (all LED type) and remote controlled searchlight
Other: Hendrickson Hooks for recovery to mother vessel deck utilising twin davit system, central heating system, hot/cold running water in galley, microwave, fridge, internal mains power sockets and toilet
Overall Length: 15.5m (16m with dive platform deployed)
Beam Midships: 3.70m
Overall Beam: 4.20m
Draught (light): 0.8m
Draught (heavy): 1.0m
Gas Storage: 13 off 70 L, WP 200 bar lightweight composite gas cylinders
Gas Control: 3 diver nitrox panel c/w paramagnetic oxygen analyser monitoring system
Dive Management: Software based dive management system (DMS)
Divers Helmets: 2 x KM37 dive helmet and 1 x KM18 band mask
Divers Umbilicals: 3 x 100m main gas, pneumo, communications, video, light and pressure transducer
Diver recovery: Purpose built electric man riding emergency recovery, A-Frame and winch (SWL 250 kgs)
Other: Computer linked to daughtercraft network for running inspection software (coabis, scope etc.)
Displacement (light): 15.5 te approx
Displacement (heavy): 21 te approx
Fuel Capacity: 2000 L
Complement: 12 passengers and two crew
Max speed (light): 30 knots
Economy speed: 23 knots
- Coded to MCA category 1 allowing travel of up to 150 nautical miles from safe haven
- Fitted Dive system complies with all requirements outlined in IMCA Do40
- Vessel load tested for man riding capacity during recovery by davits. SWL:21 te
- Hughes Subsea is a Diving and ROV contractor member of IMCA.
- Hughes Subsea operates a certified integrated Business Management System comprising ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018, certified by DNV.
- As a minimum all Hughes Subsea diving operations are conducted to IMCA guidelines.
1 x coxswain, 1 x surface supplied diving inspector
1 x inspection co-ordinator, 1 x dive technician
2 x diver, 1 x stand by diver and 3 x tenders
The dive craft is supported during offshore operations by support craft for supply and personnel transport. It is ideally suited for restricted area access around offshore vessels/platforms and MoDu where DSVs have limited access for maintenance/surveys. It is also ideal for harbour inspection and repair workscopes where access from the quayside is restricted.
