Wednesday, April 29, 2015

A Longer Urania

Research vessel Urania, IMO 9013220, port of Livorno
The 61-meter “Urania” is a research vessel of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Research Council).
Research vessel Urania, IMO 9013220, port of Livorno
A few days ago the ship has been cut in half and additional pieces were inserted to bring her length to 67 meters.
Research vessel Urania, IMO 9013220, port of Livorno
A close up view of the cut with part of the new hull in place.

External links: Research vessel - National Research Council (Wikipedia) - RV Urania (Eurofleets2)

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13 comments:

  1. William KendallApril 29, 2015 at 12:38 AM

    It looks like it's seen a lot of time in service already.

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  2. RevrunnerApril 29, 2015 at 3:08 AM

    Great photos, VP! Does make me wonder what they needed the extra length for.

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  3. RandyApril 29, 2015 at 4:15 AM

    It looks huge out of water.

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  4. PerthDailyPhotoApril 29, 2015 at 1:20 PM

    I have never heard about elongating a ship before VP.. I wonder why?

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  5. KarlApril 29, 2015 at 2:32 PM

    I did not imagine that ships could be cut in two parts...

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  6. DinaApril 29, 2015 at 2:42 PM

    That just sounds and looks incredible!

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  7. EG CameraGirlApril 29, 2015 at 3:54 PM

    Hmmm. I'm not sure I would want to sail on a ship that had been elongated like that. I'd be afraid, very afraid!

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  8. Luis GomezApril 29, 2015 at 4:11 PM

    This is so interesting VP.

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  9. LowellApril 29, 2015 at 4:50 PM

    That is astounding! I'd never think you could cut a ship in half and make it longer! As some other commenters have suggested, would that not weaken the structure so a very strong storm could tear the ship apart at the middle?

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  10. BirdmanApril 29, 2015 at 6:59 PM

    Must be a pretty valuable vessel to go to all that trouble.

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  11. HalcyonApril 29, 2015 at 9:22 PM

    Interesting. Does more boat = more research power?

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  12. Stefan JanssonApril 30, 2015 at 7:41 PM

    Would be fun to see them putting it back together again.

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  13. UnknownMay 1, 2015 at 4:48 PM

    Great series. So many details!

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