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Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures
You-Sheng Wu, Wei-Cheng Cui and Guo-Jun Zhou (Eds)
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MISSION BASED HYDRODYNAMIC DESIGN OF A
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY VESSEL

S.L. Toxopeus', P.F. van Tenvisga' and C.H. Thilll

'Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN)
Haagsteeg 2, Wageningen, The Netherlands
2Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN)
V.d. Burchlaan 3 1, The Hague, The Netherlands

Artist impression of the new hydrographic survey vessel

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the requirements and design for a new hydrographic survey vessel for the Royal
Netherlands Navy (RNLN). Based on the mission of the ship, a dedicated integrated hydrodynamic
study was conducted at MARIN to verify compliance of the design with all requirements. Using this
approach, an optimum balance between hydrodynamic, operational and economical requirements was
found.

KEYWORDS

Hydrodynamics, Mission Based Design, Hull Form Optimisation, Manoeuvring, Seakeeping