Every diving platform has its own characteristics that need to be assessed to ensure safe and successfull diving work. UCS has the perfect platform; DSV Sirena Real, a support, survey and afloat repair vessel with characteristics that make it the most diverse multi-purpose vessel in the Straits of Gibraltar.
From Sirena Real UCS is able to carry out surface supplied and saturation diving works. For this type of work and much more Sirena Real exhibits a great deal of versatility with the following features:
- Large deck and working area
- Mooring/positioning
- Accommodation and messing facilities for up to 16 people
- Dive control room with visual and 2 way communication systems to divers
- Decompression chamber facility for deep diving or emergency situations, hyperbaric evacuation system
- Encompassing communication system
- 25 ton crane capacity
- Life saving appliances
Technical Specifications
| FLAG | Spanish |
| CLASS | Registro Marina Mercante RMM |
| LOA | 40 m |
| BEAM | 8 m |
| DRAFT | 2.2-2.5 m |
| BRT | 304 ton |
| DECK LOAD | 240 ton |
| SPEED | 8-10 knots |
| GAS CAPACITY | 18 m³ |
| FRESH WATER CAPACITY | 15 m³ |
| BALLAST WATER | 30 m³ |
| CLEAR DECK SPACE | 220 m² |
| MAIN ENGINES | 2 x 252 KW, 8 Cylinder Scania |
| GENERATORS | 3 x 100 KWA Perkins, 1 x 70 KWA Perkins, 1 x 30 KWA Ford |
Vessel History
| BUILT | Mid section build in 1955 in Finland as ferry |
| REBUILT | 1965 enlarged (galvanized hull) as ferry |
| REBUILT | 1992 complete rebuild by the Finish Government as diving and research vessel |
Deck Equipment
| MOORING WINCHES | 4 x 2 x 30 ton at bow, 2 x 8 ton at stern |
| ANCHORS | 4 |
| MAIN CRANE | 2 m x 10 m |
| AUXILIARY CRANE | 3.5 m |
| STERN SURVEY FRAME | 1 ton (hydraulic) |
| A-FRAME BOW | 10 ton |
| DIVERS SIDE | “A” Frame basket/open bell, 1 x 1 ton electric clump weight winch, 1 x 10 ton main winch |
Diving Equipment
| DDC | 1.65 m |
| COMPRESSORS | 2 high pressure, 1 low pressure, high pressure air bank 8000.000I |
| DIVE CONTROL PANEL | Mix gas panel x 2 divers, air panel x 3 divers |
Navigation and Life Saving Equipment
- DGPS navigation pack
- Two radars
- Auto pilot function
- VHF
- AIS echo-sounder
- GPS surveillance
- CCTV over engine room and deck
- Two 16 person zodiac life rafts with SOLAS standard
