Features
a) Under deck
The hull is divided in 4 bulkheads and includes 5 compartments:
. a forepeak
. a forestore
. an engine room
. a baggage compartment & auxiliaries
. an aft peak
b) On deck
.The superstructure of the pilot boat: the wheelhouse with its command station, the deck house, engine ventilation ducts and, at the rear, 2 blocks for a safe access to the engines.
.The foredeck plus railings and mooring rigs.
.A fixed ladder above the deck house.
.On the aft, two half-balconies, lifeboat and mooring rigs.
.A wheelhouse on the aft offers a wide all-round 360 ° visibility. It gathers all the controls of the pilot boat: engines, electrical installations and radio plus navigational instruments.
.The pilot lauch ORC 136 is powered by two diesel engines each driving a shaft line and a propeller.
.Electricity generation is performed by two alternators driven by the two propulsion engines.
Tasks
The pilot launch ORC 136 is designed to perform day and night pilot tasks from its home port of La Rochelle to the ships on waiting area.
The pilot lauch ORC 136 carries 2 crew plus 7 drivers.
This pilot boat is suitable to ensure pilots transfers on operating vessels for many daily landings of large or smaller size vessels.
To achieve these types of intervention, the hull of the ORC 136 is reinforced on the front side to withstand collisions and resist to side impacts due to crushing during dockings of ships in motion.
It is powered by two diesel engines each driving a shaft line and a propeller.
The pilot lauch ORC 136 sails safely but requires a pilot’s driving behaviour adapted to the changing sea conditions encountered.
The concept of this pilot boat is designed to serve as a pilot along the walls of surface ships at a speed between 8 and 12 knots, taking into account the usual precautions (sea - speed - weather).
This pilot boat ORC 136 is built according to French law and to the regulations of Bureau Veritas.
Pilot boat ORC 136
All-weather pilotage launch
. Unsinkable
. Self-righting
. Station: Port of La Rochelle (France)
. Name: Armeria 014
Specifications
. Overall length: 14.43 m
. Hull length: 13.60m
. Waterline length: 13.08 m
. Overall beam: 4.86 m
. Hull beam: 4.40 m
. Depth: 1.95 m
. Draft: 1.40 m
. Diesel fuel Volume: 2x0.8 m³
. Main engines: 2 x 430cv
. Speed: 24 knots
. Navigation Category: 3rd
. Crew + Pilots: 1 + 4 pilots
. GRT: <20. (projected)
. Lightship: <15.t ≈> projected
. Freeboard: <1.10 m≈>
. Classification: Bureau Veritas « NGV »
. Design: Pantocarène
. Construction: Bernard Shipyards
Bernard Shipyards
Port de Pen Mané . F 56570 LOCMIQUELIC
Z.A Villemarion . F 56670 RIANTEC
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