PROJECT SDS14C

Sea diving ship


Type: sea-going diving vessel with a sloping stem and a transom stern end, with a wheelhouse in the middle part, and with the engine room located at the stern and a fixed-pitch propeller (FPP) in a rotating nozzle


Purpose:

  1. Performing light diving operations at depths of up to 45 meters
  2. Participation in emergency rescue, ship-lifting and underwater engineering works within the scope of the means installed on the ship
  3. Inspection of the bottom of water areas, sunken objects, underwater parts of ship hulls and waterside structures

Navigation area: Restricted: harbour, roadstead and coastal navigation in a 20-mile coastal zone with a significant wave height up to 2.0 m with maximum distance from the nearest port of safe anchorage not more than 50 miles.
The operation area – Caspian Sea.
The operation conditions in ice: according to the ice class «Ice Class IE».

# Name Value
1. Main dimension
Length overall, m 23.84
Length calculated, m 22.19
Breadth, m 5.00
Depth, m 2.14
2. Draught at SLWL, m 1.20
3. Diving crane-beam 500 kg
4. ABS class ° A1, DSV AIR, ,
Restricted Service (50NM, 2.0m Significant Wave Height),
° AMS, ° ABCU, Ice Class IE
5. Maximum continuous power of ME, kW 370
6. Propulsion complex 1 FPP in rotated nozzle
7. Speed at SLWL draught, knots 10
8. Special staff (divers) / berths, pers. 3 / 4
9. Special staff, when staying onboard not more than 8 hours, pers. 8
10. Crew / berths, pers. 3 / 4
Quantity Diving compression complex:
1 Compression chamber with inner diameter 1300 mm (work pressure – 10 bar, chamber
compressed speed – 40-50 m/s), two-chamber, flow-line-decompression, self-ventilated, with BIBS-masks,
with water fire-extinguisher system, for 2 divers.
1 Pressure chamber control panel.
1 Decompression chamber acclimatization system.
20 Air pressure tanks (50 l).
2 Electric-driven air compressor KAP 15.1-7.5-HN.
  Air panel for 2 divers.
2 Electrical equipment panels for 2 divers (underwater video system for 2 divers,
communication devices for 2 divers).
  Emergency batteries.
2 4-component 140 meter diving hose-cable.
2 Diving helmet “KM-37”.
1 Diving mask “KMB-28”.
  Battery-free communication system with the wheelhouse and diving station.
1 Aluminum diving ladder.
2 Boxes for 4-component 140-meter diving hose-cable.
1 Removable awning device in the stern of the ship to protect the diving team from the sun.