At 84m long with a service speed of 12 knots, Galatea is fitted to the highest and most modern technical standards.
THV Galatea is a state of the art vessel enhanced by many additional features including DPAA dynamic positioning, a range of high specification survey equipment, a 30 tonne lift crane, a 1.2m² moon pool, a large working deck with the facility to lock containers on deck with plug in to 230v or 400v supply, a helicopter-landing pad and a high-speed workboat.
Available 24/7 with accommodation for an additional 40 people, THV Galatea can be utilised for a wide range of projects at very competitive rates including:
- hydrographic surveys including bathymetry, side scan, sonar and wreck investigations
- aids to navigation deployment, maintenance, repair and examination
- research platforms for deployment and recovery of scientific equipment
- sampling projects
- marine hazard search and marking
- lifting, towing and accurate positioning of marine equipment
- recovery and re-establishment of off-station aids to navigation
- sea trials of electronic and specialty equipment
- helicopter support
- safety boat assignments
- guard duties for cable and pipe laying projects
Trinity House’s Multifunctional Tender (MFT) THV Galatea has been designed with buoy handling, wreck marking, towing and multibeam and side scan Hydrographic surveying capability. With DP2, high specification survey equipment, a 30t lift crane, a 1.2m2 moon pool, a large working deck with the facility to lock containers on deck and 230v or 400v plug-in supply, a helicopter landing pad and a high speed workboat.
Galatea is available 24/7 for a wide range of projects at very competitive rates.
Build standard
- Lloyds Register
- 100 A1
- LMC UMS MCM EP LA CAC DPAA IMO CLASS II (Lloyds Machinery Certificate, Unmanned Machinery Space Certificate, Machinery Condition Maintenance, Lloyds Environmental Protection, Lifting Appliance and Crew Accommodation Comfort Standard).
- Complies with requirements for UK MCA Class VII vessel.
- GMDSS sea area A2.
Buoy maintenance aboard THV Galatea
Offloading equipment at our Harwich facility
THV Galatea alongside a Trinity House light vessel
Galatea at sea
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
- Port of Registry London
- Year of Build 2007
- Call Sign MRDQ7
- Length Overall 84.2m
- Breadth Moulded 16.5m
- Depth Moulded 7.2m
- Draft 4.3m
- Air Draft 30.0m
- Maximum Speed 17kts
- Service Speed 12kts
- Fuel Consumption at 12 kts 670ltrs/hr
- Bunker Capacity 296t
- Potable FW 170t
- Technical FW 144t
- Jet A1 Fuel Capacity 6,000ltrs
- Endurance 35 days
- Intering Stabilizer System
- Anti-Heeling System
- Bollard Pull 33t
PROPULSION – MACHINERY
- 3 x Wartsila 8L20 @ 1710 kVA
- 2 x Wartsila 4L20 @ 860 kVA
- Stern Azimuths – 2 x Rolls Royce 1500 kW
- Bow Thrusters – 2 x Rolls Royce 750 Kw
DYNAMIC POSITIONING SYSTEM
- Kongsberg K-Pos DP-21 (IMO DP Class II)
WORKBOATS
- 30 kts Pacific 28 with cabin for 6 pax.
- Steel Workboat – 9m heavy duty
CRANES
- Liebherr Crane – 30t @ 22m (offshore)
- Palfinger Crane knuckle boom – 1.6t @ 18.0m (offshore)
- Stores Crane x 2 – 1.45t @ 10.0m (offshore)
CAPSTANS & WINCHES
- 2 x 15t max pull – chain to 44mm
- Towing Winch 40t max pull
- Tugger Winches x 2 – 5t max pull
- Karm forks x 2
DECK FACILITIES
- Main Deck Area – 550m2
- ISO 20’ and ISO 10’ Container Lock
- Down matrix
- Electrical Power – AC 50Hz 220V; 400V Supplies
- Pressure Wash – 350bar/5000psi
- Moon Pool – 1.2m2
- Tween Deck – Storage & workshops
- Hold – Storage & load handling
ACCOMMODATION
- 22 Single Cabins
- 9 Twin Cabins
- 1 Office
- 1 Conference Room
- 1 Mess Room
- 3 Recreation /TV Rooms
- 1 Changing Room
- 2 Workshops
- 1 Gym
FLIGHT DECK
- Helicopter Deck – ‘D’ Value 13.0m
- Refuelling Facility
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY
- Kongsberg Simrad EM2040C
- Multi beam E/S
- Kongsberg Simrad EA 400 E/S
- PosMV Positioning
- Simrad SEN-218377 SVP
- Kongsberg TD304 Tide Gauge
- Simrad SL 30/35 Sonar
- Simrad GeoAcoustics Side Scan
COMMUNICATION
- GMDS Area 2
- Satcoms – Sat-C H2095C High Speed Data/Voice
- Iridium – Sailor ST4110 Voice
- MF/HF SSB – Sailor HC4500 R/T DSC
- MF/HF SSB – R/T DSC
- Weather – FAX 207 Facsimile
- Navtex Rx – McMurdo ICS NAV5plus
- VHF R/T DSC – Sailor RT4722
- Internet Access – all cabins
NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT
- ECDIS/NAV – F/AIS-R4
- Radars – Decca Bridge Master x 2
- Dual-Axis – SRD500 Speed Log
- DGPS – 2 x MX Marine MX 420/8
- Gyro Compass – 3 x Navigat 2100 Fibre Optic
- TMC Magnetic – Navipol 1 Compass
- Auto Pilot – NaviPilot 4000 Digital
- Adaptive Autopilot
- Echo Sounder – ES 5100-01