TAN SUO YI HAO research vessel

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TAN SUO YI HAO research vessel

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Feb 04, 2018 8:03 pm

This set of stamps shows the leading international achievements China has reached in the fields of science and technology.
The first depicts the five-hundred-meter aperture spherical radio telescope. The background shows the powerful functions of the telescope as a multidisciplinary research tool through the representation of neutral hydrogen, pulsars, space objects and other scientific symbols.
The second is the quantum science experiment satellite "Mo-tse", the world's first successful implementation of 1,000-kilometer level star two-way quantum distribution.
The third stamp is the Exploration scientific investigation vessel. In addition to the ship, the stamp also shows unmanned submersibles and an underwater glider.
The fourth shows the Bohai Sea Granary Science and Technology Demonstration Project, which researches and develops high-quality, high-yield advanced growing methods and crop varieties that have salt tolerance.
The fifth is the Sunway · Taihu light super computer. Located in the National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi, the super computer has a calculation speed of 12.54 quadrillion times a second.

China Postal web-site.

The third stamp has a maritime theme and shows us the research vessel TAN SUO YI HAO of which I found the following details.

Built as a tug- pipelayer dive support vessel under yard No 391 by Shipyard Amels B.V. Makkum the Netherlands for Blue Fish River S.A., Panama a member of the Heerema Group of companies in the Netherlands, Heerema Marine Contractors S.A. was the manager of the ship.
16 September 1983 laid down.
16 March 1984 launched as the EXPLORER II.
Tonnage 2,987 grt, 2,524 dwt, dim. 82.0 x 18.3 x 8.0m., length bpp. 73.5m, draught maximum 6.91m.
Powered by four Wärtsilä type Vasa 6R32 in-line engines, each 2,205 kW powering two Lips c.p. nozzle propellers, speed 12 knots.
Fitted out with an Eager Beaver trencher digger and has a dynamic positioning system.
The ships superstructure is placed forward to have plenty of deck space aft and storage space for ROVs. Carried an aluminium landing platform for a Bell helicopter
27 June 1984 completed.

September 1991 sold to Northern Ocean Service Ltd., Cayman Islands, renamed NORTHERN EXPLORER.
1998 Managed by ETPM Deepsea in Aberdeen, Scotland.
2000 ETPM was taken over by Stolt Offshore, Aberdeen and renamed SEAWAY EXPLORER.
2003 Stolt Offshore got in financial trouble and the SEAWAY EXPLORER was sold to the China National Offshore Oil Corporation and renamed HAI YANG SHI YOU 299.

2013 Transferred to Institute of Deep-Sea-Science & Engineering (IDSSE) in Sanya, Hainan Province and renamed TAN SUO YI HAO.
She was lengthened by the Chengxi Shipyard in Guangzhou and refitted in a research vessel. After a 13 month modification her details are now.
Tonnage 5,073 grt, 2,448 dwt, length 94.45m.
Accommodation for a crew of 60 including 39 scientists
Equipped with laboratories, data processing and information centres. Carried a Haidou ARV which can dive to a depth of 11,000 meters, a Tianya and Haijiao deep-sea landers, an ocean floor seismometer.
Her maiden voyage was in 2017 to the Mariana Trench, during her 52 day voyage she conducted 84 research projects.
2018 In service, same name and owner. IMO No 8315451.

Source: Marine News. Wikipedia. http://www.miramarshipindex.nz Various internet sites.
China 2017 1.20f sg?, scott? (Two photos of the ship, one under the name EXPLORER II the second what the Chinese have made of her after 33 years.)
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