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H39 The U39 is equipped with a variety of research equipment,

First launched at sea at the Guangzhou Hangtong shipyard, including: in Xinjui, China in September 2014, the multipurpose vessel ?Kongsberg Maritime EM 122 (12Khz) - is now Brazil’s most advanced hydrographic vessel. North- Multibeam echo sounder ern Research Shipping of Norway, responsible for the ship’s ?Kongsberg Maritime EM 710 (70-100Khz) design and construction, of? cially delivered the vessel to the Multibeam echosounder

Brazilian Navy in Singapore on March 24, 2015. The acquisi- ?Kongsberg Maritime SBP 120/300 (2.5-7Khz) tion of the R$162 million ($46.3m) H39 was made possible Sub bottom pro? ler by a cooperation agreement between the Brazilian Navy, the ?Klein Associates AUV/UUV System 5000 V2 (455Khz)

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), Multi-Beam Side Scan Sonar

Petrobras and mining giant Vale do Rio Doce. Petrobras made ?Sperre SUB-? ghter 15K ROV, OBS Class ROV with the largest investment with R$70 million ($20m), followed by TV-Grab-20 HP, 2000 meter depth

Vale R$38 million ($10.85m), with the MCTI and the Bra- ?Acoustic Doppler Current Pro? lers (ADCPs) – zilian Navy investing R$27 million ($7.71m). It is ironic to 75-100-300-600 and 1200Khz remember that Vale is also one of the owners, along with BHP ?Kongsberg Maritime HiPAP 501 - High precision

Billiton of the Samarco mining company, responsible for the acoustic positioning (HPR) mining area where dam burst. The 4,200-ton H39 measures ?Piston Core, Box Core and Van-Veen Grab bottom samplers 78 x 20 m, with a maximum draft of 6.3 meters. Its maximum ?Vaisala WAMS-410 Weather Station speed is 12 knots, and it can store 500 tons of fuel and 125 ?Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) probe tons of water and stay offshore for 30 days. It is also DP2 ?ODIM Brooke Ocean MVP300 – Moving Vessel Pro? ler capable and can accommodate a crew of 90 naval personnel ?U-CTD and CTD/Rosette and 40 researchers. ?pCO2 analyzer

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