- Length overall: 73.65 m
- Overall breadth: 14.90 m
- Draught: 6.1 m
- Load displacement: 2900 t
- Gross tonnage: 2.803 UMS
- Classification Bureau Veritas: I3/3E, fishing, open sea, ice II, AUT - PORT, CNC-1
- Stabilization: Flume tank 29 m3
- Crew: 16-25
- Scientists and technicians: 25
- Average operating speed during passages and cruises: 11 knots
- Maximum speed: 14.7 knots
- Autonomy: 60 days to 11 knots
- Construction: 1996, Leroux et Lotz Naval, Dieppe
- Owner: IFREMER
- Armement: Genavir
- Flag: France
- Type: oceanographic research
- Call sign: FNFP
- Registry number: BR 868095 G
- IMO number: 9070307
- Deep sea multibeam echosounder
- Fishing sounder
- Sub bottom profiler
- Trawl sensors: MarportTrawl positionning system: Marport
- Synchronization of acoustic equipment: OSEA - Ifremer
- ADCP :
- 38 kHz Ocean Surveyor BB - RDI
- 150 kHz Ocean Surveyor BB - RDI
- Bathythermograph: MK21
- Celerimeter
- Central clock: Sofy M90 EXP 320 - ACEB
- Weather unit: Batos - Météo France
- Pinger: Sepia - Sercel
- Sea water temperature: SBE - Seabird
- Acoustic remote control: TT801 – Ixsea
- Thermosalinometer: SBE 21 Seacat - Seabird
Scientific quarters
- Scientific HQ and processing room (70 m²)
- Mission HQ (35 m²)
Laboratories
- Automated sorting room (130m²)
- 4 laboratories, 84 m² :
- hydrology: 24 m²
- physics: 18 m²
- chemistry: 15 m²
- biology: 27 m²
Docks and mission equipments
- Conservation dock fish 0°C (33 m²)
- Freezingdock fish -20°C (23 m²)
- Freezing tunnel -40°C
- Mission docks
- Rotating stern A. Frame : 22 T
- Lateral A frame (hydrology—CTD) CMU 5 T
- Telescopic crane quarter deck CMU 10 T to 10 m
- Foredeck crane, variable range CMU 6 T to 1,91m – 1,25 T to 8,63 m
- 2 winches for drag ropes : L 4500 m
- Netsonde winch L 2000 m
- Dredging winch L 600 m
- Plankton support (aft starboard) CMU 1 T
Network: multiservices gigaEthernet and wifi in work and living area.
Servers and data storage: Hewlett Packard on Linux RedHat Entreprise and Window XP
Digital video surveillance: Panasonic, codec Mpeg4
Software:
- Acquisition and archiving unit: Techsas
- Data processing of fishing sensors and multibeam echo sounders: Movies-3D, HERMES
- SMF data processing: Caraibes
- Real time mission tracking: SUMATRA
- Information and video broadcasting system: SDIV+
- Integrated navigation system: CINNA (Genavir)
- AIS: UAIS
- Automatic pilot
- Bridge Echosounder
- Electromagnetic log 2 axis
- Gyrocompass
- Dynamic positioning
- Radar
- Anemometer
- Meteofax receiver
- Synchronous electric engine Propulsion
- 4 Caterpillar alternators
- Propulsion electric motors (2200 kW)
- Main propulsion: Transverse thrusters and Electric afore (with closing flaps)
- Regulated current by 2 alternators: 2 UPS de 30 kVA
- Diesel capacity: 460 m³
- Freshwater: 190 m³
- Radio station SMDSM/NAVTEX
- EPIRB: Kannad 406S and 406 HW
- Inmarsat
- VSAT
- Facsimile meteo receiver