NIWA's Research Vessel Tangaroa gets a makeover

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NIWA's Research Vessel Tangaroa gets a makeover

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Tangaroa was taken into dry dock by tug on 26 June for the first time since she had a major refit in Singapore in 2010. The only dry dock capable of accommodating her is at the Devonport Naval Base where demand for docking is at a premium. Among the maintenance upgrade work was the fitting of a $1m sub-bottom profiler used to identify and characterise marine sediment layers up to 200m below the sea bed and has been mounted in a pod off the hull. Data generated by the new system, known as the ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoPj6nPGtXE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Tangaroa / Research Vessel (Ship Type) / Ship / NIWA / Boat / National Institute Of Water And Atmospheric Research (Organization) / Ocean

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