RV SONNE
Contact
Scientific technical support:
Dr. Thomas Badewien
Deputy:
Dipl.-Ing. Daniela Voß
Databases:
Dr. Holger Winkler
Pages at present mainly available in German. We are working on it.
Video Portal
Videoclips by Meyer Werft Papenburg and the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) on YouTube.
RV SONNE
SONNE-Expeditions headed by ICBM
Since its completion in November 2014, SONNE has already sailed twice under the direction of ICBM. What scientists were exploring and experiencing on board during their time you can read here:
Photo: Meinhard Simon (ICBM)
Technical Data
| LOA | 116.00 m |
| BOA | 20.60 m |
| Draught | 6.40 m |
| Displacement | 8,600 BRT |
| scientif. Payload | 300 t |
| Crew | 35 (Crew) |
| Propulsion system | 4 x 1.620 kW Wärtsilä Gensets |
| Construction costs | 124 Mio €, (110 Mio Federal Government, surplus: German coastal Federal Countries Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) |
| Home port | Wilhelmshaven |
| Main operation areas | Indian and Pacific Ocean |