Hydrographic Boats

In order to carry out hydrographic and oceanographic work, the Instituto Hidrográfico has at its service a fleet of vessels and ships equipped with state-of-the-art technology suitable for several types of missions

OCEANIC HYDROGRAPHIC SHIPS

D. Carlos I Class:

NRP D. Carlos I

NRP Admiral Gago Coutinho

Accommodation capacity:

Crew: 34 military
Researchers: 15

General characteristics:

Length: 68,7 m
Beam: 13,1 m
Draft: 4,6 / 5,6 m (gondola)
Displacement: 2300 t
Speed (maximum): 10,5 knots
Autonomy: 5700 miles at 10 knots

Technical-scientific capabilities:

Installed capacity:

Multi-beam eco-sounder (MBES) for shallow and deep waters
Single beam eco-sounder (SBES)
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
Sound Velocity Profilers (SVP)
Dynamic positioning system (DP) *
* (only available in NRP Admiral Gago Coutinho)

Operating/installing capacity:

Oceanographic moorings
Samplers CTD/Rosette
Side-scan sonar (SSS)
Magnetometer/gravimeter
Sub-Bottom Profiler (SBP)
Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) method of underwater acoustic positioning
High resolution light seismic
Remotely operated vehicles (ROV, AUV, USV, UAV)
Vertical sediment samplers (vibrocorer, box corer, gravity core, piston corer and multi-tube corer)
Sample collectors/dredgers Smith-McIntyre