S/V PALAGRUŽA was built in 1975 in the Sendessjoen Shipyard - Norway, and was included in the fleet of the Norway Ferryboat Company. It is designed for carrying cars, foods and other necessity for Norway islands. The vessel is equipped with modern navigational equipment, and hydrographic, geological and oceanographic instruments.

Technical data

Name: S/V PALAGRUŽA
Owner: HYDROGRAPHIC INSTITUTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA - SPLIT
Port of call: Split
Shipyard: Sendessjoen Shipyard - Norway
Built: 1975
Length overall: 45.50 m
Breadth: 10.22 m
Gross Register Tonnage: 699 BRT
Tonnage: 493 t
Fuel Oil Tanks: 50 t
Fresh Water Tanks: 24 t
Endurance at sea: 1 month
Principal propulsion: 1 marine diesel engine B&W-ALPHA V-23, 1140 kW
Electrical equipment: 2 X Diesel aggregate VOLVO PENTA – 2 x175 kW
Radar: KODEN MDC-1810, 12 kW, ARPA, 76 Nm, X-Band, DECCA - Model RM 1290, Norway A/S. S-Band
Compass and autopilot: SPERRY 227; PLATH - Model SR 120/130, ROBERTSON - Model AP 9MK
Positioning systems: FURANO Model GPS 31000, GPS Plotter
Dual-channel echo.: ATLAS – DESO 25; SIMRAD - Model P 872E
VHF radiotelephone: SAILOR - RT 4822, DSC MAIN, FORUNO - Model FM 8800S DSCDUPLICATION
RT/RTF: SAILOR HC 4500 DSC
Navtex: DEBEG
Inmarsat: INMARSAT C – FORUNO SELCOM 15 MINI C – 2 pieces; NERA 55; IRIDIUM

Electro-hydraulic winch 2000-5000 kg for operations with geological instruments
Electro-hydraulic winch for SSS equipment
Electrical winch 200 kg for operations with oceanographic-geological instruments
Electro-hydraulic Deck Crane capacity: 1000 kg
Laboratory for hydrographic, geological and oceanographic processing and instrumentation
Deck crane capacity: SW1 1.5 t