Keywords: Philia Hellenic Center for Marine Research Heraklion harbour.jpg en Philia a ship of the Hellenic Center for Marine Research Harbour of Heraklion Crete Greece The F/R PHILIA built at Piraeus 1985 commissioned in 1986 operates from her home port of Irakleion not only in Cretan waters but also throughout the Aegean and Ionian The PHILIA's greatest asset is her flexibility she is large enough to operate offshore but because of her shallow draft she can also operate close inshore She has covered many thousands of miles carrying out research and in 1997 was refitted with a bulbous bow and a second engine as part of the Greek Government's commitment to marine science research Philia Equipment Scientific Equipment Echo sounder Simrad EK 500 split beam 38 and 120 kHz Echo sounder Simrad EK 400 single beam 120 kHz Echo sounder Biosonics dual beam 120 kHz V-Fin RoxAnn Side Scan Sonars SCANMAR net recorder Underwater remote operated vehicles ROV Benthos Mini Rover 300 m DSSI Max Rover Mk 11 2000 m Various underwater cameras Osprey and underwater sledges 3 Seabird CTD 7 Aanderaa RC7 meters Various water and plankton samplers Sediment traps various benthic samplers grabs box and multi-corers and benthic draggers Pelagic benthic trawls and otter and beam trawls Navigation Equipment Automatic pilot D-GPS gyrocompass 1 ARPA AND 1 EPA radar 100 nm electronic chart system MaxSea Echo sounder Simrad EK 400 Furuno 15 50 kHz Furuno 28 200 kHz forward looking sonar 400 kHz INMARSAT-C Meteological station Aanderaa NAVTEXT 7 Meteostar 2000 Detailed Specifications Name PHILIA Built 1986 Classification Society Hellenic Register Class +H100 A1 R Type Marine Research Vessel Length 26 10m Breadth 7 25m Deck Height 3 20m Draft 2 6m DWT 45 70 m/t GT 143 tons Fuel capacity 22 tons Consumption 1600 lt/day Cruise speed 10 knots Autonomy 10 days Fresh Water 6 tons plus reverse osmosis water production 64f lt/hr Main Engines 2 diesel engines x 340 hp Bow Thruster 1 x 25 hp tunnel bow thruster Propellers 2 x twin variable pitch propellers Generators 2 main generators x 85 Kw Emergency generator 1 x 38 Kw Deck Area 35 m2 Cranes/Winches 1 Hiab sea crane 8 30 m arm 1200 long 2 net drums 2 fishing drums 2000 m x 12 mm wire 1 oceanographic winch with 2 drums 4 mm by 2000 m wire and 6 mm x 1300 m Computer Audiovisual Room 15 m2 Scientific Labs wet lab 9 m2 dry lab 9 m2 Freezers 3 -20oC Crew Cabins 4 for 7 crew members Charterers Berths 3 for 6 scientists fr Philia navire du Centre Hellénique pour la Recherche Marine Port d'Héraklion Crète Grèce 2015-02-24 10 41 31 own Jebulon other versions 35 343896 25 137602 cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Ships in Crete Heraklion port Philia ship 1986 Quality images by Jebulon Valued images by Jebulon QualityImage Philia ship 1986 moored in port 06 31 17 March 2015 UTC Philia Hellenic Center for Marine Research Heraklion harbour jpg |