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The Remotely Operated Vehicle Sperre SUB-fighter 7500 DC
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SUB-fighter 7500 DC
In addition to documentation through filming, this ROV is useful for collecting organisms in a sampler box. Thanks to its larger size, it is also convenient to deploy and recover larger instruments.
Manufacturer: Sperre AS, Notodden, Norway
Model: SUB-fighter 7500 DC
Length • width • height (cm): 125 • 79 • 83
Weight: 320 kg
Thrusters: 5 pcs • 1100 W/pc
Maximum speed: 2 knots
Maximum depth: 700 metres
Length of existing cable: 150 metres
Equipped with:
- Video camera HD, 2 video cameras 720•576 pixels, still camera
- Halogen lights
- Five-function manipulator
- Sampler box
- CTD
- Oxygen meter (optode)
- Turbidity meter
- Sonar
- Instrument with laser points, for size assessment of objects
- Acoustic positioning system (transducer on R/V Nereus, transponder on ROV)
Used on: R/V Nereus
Purchased: 2004