A versatile inshore vessel, RV Ikatere is equipped with high-precision multibeam and sub-bottom profiler transducers for surveying and mapping the seabed.
Highly manoeuvrable, this vessel is ideal for work in shallow water: e.g., deploying buoys, moorings and seabed sampling.
Specifications and principal features
| Name | RV Ikatere |
| Year of Construction | 2009 |
| Length | 13.9 metres |
| Beam | 4.9 metres |
| Draft | 0.7 metres |
| Gross tonnage | 15 tonnes |
| Cruising speed | 28 knots |
| Construction | Marine grade aluminium |
Electronic equipment
| Radar | 48 Nm |
| GPS Plotter | Koden KGC-1 |
Communications
| Cell Phone | OceanCell |
| Marine Radio | Horizon GX 1500S VHF |
