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Arklow Marine deliver new Workboat

Donegal based, Marine Harvest Ireland have

recently taken delivery of their new fish-farm workboat built by Arklow Marine Services in Co Wicklow.

The 17.5m Croí na Farraige will be based in Fanad where she will be used as a fish-farm supply & work vessel with the capability to carry six persons up to 30 miles from the coast and will be assigned an Irish loadline & P5 passenger boat licence. The workboat will

operate across a wide area covering Mulroy Bay, Lough Swilly and Donegal Bay.

This Multi-purpose vessel was designed by Marine Design International in Glasgow who oversaw the build, dealt with the MSO & prepared final stability booklet for the vessel.

Built entirely from steel the vessel has an overall length of 17.7m, a beam of 7.2m and a draught of 1.5m and has a deck loading of 50 tonnes. The

vessel was subdivided into a forward void space, tank space, engine room & steering flat aft. Twin fuel tanks in the tank space with a capacity of 5,400 Litres.

Twin Doosan L086TIH main engines each developing 285 BHP (210 KW) make the vessel highly manoeuvrable and a service speed of 8 knots was achieved during sea trials.

Deck equipment consisting of 1 x 3 & 1 x 5 tonnes capstans,

an Amco Veba hydraulic crane with a lifting capacity of 2.32 tonnes @ 11.9 m & 10 tonne deck winch which can be remotely operated.

A marine auxiliary Doosan engine type AD196Ti provided 235 BHP (173 KW) @ 1500 rpm which drive the 45 KW electro hydraulic power pack for all the deck machinery with the rest of the auxiliary power been necessary for use in harvesting equipment for the salmon.

The vessel was fitted out to a very high standard and a two tier structure aft facilitated the galley/mess, with WC & small deck store. The wheelhouse was mounted on top of the deckhouse and offset to port where a wrap-around console facilitated the fitting of all engine controls, gauges, panels & navigational equipment neatly fitted.

In addition to the remote control for the deck winch & hydraulic crane an auxiliary 2nd position for operating the

crane was positioned outside the wheelhouse on top of the deckhouse on the starboard side.

Along the two vertical sides port & starboard black polyurethane sheathing 35 mm thick was fitted using countersunk bolts to leave a flush surface for when berthing alongside the salmon cages. Elephant feet were also fitted on the main deck to facilitate the carriage of 20’ containerised goods when required in the operation of the vessels daily duties.

Arklow Marine Services, North Quay, Arklow, Co.Wicklow, IrelandTel: +353 (0)402 32126Fax: +353 (0)402 39839

email: info@arklowmarine.com

“Diligent Jo” - 14.95m twin-rig trawler

“Croí na Farraige” – 17.5 metre fish farm work

“Aine Christina” – 20 metre white fish trawler

Congratulations and continued success to Marine Harvest Ireland on their new vessel “Croí na Farraige”.