THE HYDROGRAPHIC AND WRECKSEARCH VESSEL DENEB AS AN EXAMPLE FOR A MODERN SURVEY VESSEL

The Survey, Wrecksearch, and Research Ship (VWFS) ''DENEB'', built at the Peenewerft in Wolgast, is the latest in the fleet of the German Fe deral Maritime and Hydrographic Agency BSH (Bundesamt fur Seeschiffahr t und Hydrographie). It is a sister-ship to the existing VWFS ''ATAIR' ' and ''WEGA'' and is intended as a successor to the Survey Vessel ''C ARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS'' and the old Survey and Wrecksearch Vessel ''DENE B'' taking over their tasks. The ''DENEB'', commissioned in the late f all 1994, is equipped with a currently unique combination of sensors a nd a prevailing system concept for navigation and hydrographic tasks, which changes the traditional concept of having an Operating Navigatio n System separated from the Hydrographic Survey System. The main opera ting area of this new vessel is the Baltic Sea, but other tasks will b e performed in accordance with the requirements.