B43 Fiona K III
Mooney Boats Ltd Ireland Deliver Fishing Trawler Mfv Fiona K III to Tom Kennedy Fishing
The 27.38m Fishing Trawler Mfv Fiona K III has just been delivered to Tom Kennedy from Dingle Co Kerry by Mooney Boats Ltd
The Mfv Fiona K III is a multipurpose Fishing trawler and will be fishing on pelagic species such as Mackerel Herring, & Scads during the winter fishery and on Whitefish and Tuna during the spring and summer season. The new Fiona K III which Mooney Boats has delivered to Tom Kennedy Fishing will be operated by Tom Kennedy & his son Donal Kennedy and will replace the Fiona K II which has been sold on.
The Fiona K III was designed by Ove Kristensen of Vestvaerftet ApS of Hvide Sande and she is the 4th hull design that Mooney Boats Ltd have delivered with Vestvaerftet which is proving to be a very successful working relations ship between both companies.
General layout
The Mfv Fiona K III has main dimensions of LOA 23.38m, length PP 24.46m, beam 7.80m, depth to shelter deck 6.1m, draft 4.8m
The hull has been built to BV Classification and the complete build was overseen by BV and also the Irish Marine Survey Office for vessel over 24m
Of round bilge form, the steel hull, the sides of which are continued up to a full length shelter deck, were built at the Nauta Shipyard in Poland, before being towed across the North Sea to Killybegs in May 2018 for machinery installation and full-internal fit-out by Mooney Boats. This work was carried out in close liaison with other leading specialist companies in Ireland, including Killybegs based KER Group, SeaQuest Systems, EK Marine, & Barry Electronics Ltd and also Padmos, Kilmore Quay and Tom Hand Electronics Dingle .
Below the main deck Fiona K III hull is subdivided into seven watertight compartments: forepeak; Sonar Room. RSW Plant Room, Dry-hold, 3 RSW tank, Engine room and Steering Flat. In the aft section there are 2 fuel oil tanks port & starboard, amidships double bottom fuel oil tank to port and starboard below RSW tanks and in the bow below the RSW room aft of the bow thruster compartment. In the engine room, and aft peak there is freshwater, Blackwater lube and hydraulic oil tanks as well as a daily service tank.
The aluminum wheelhouse is positioned just aft of amidships on a raised superstructure which gives extremely good vision all around the vessel and this compartment houses the electrical systems and air conditioning systems
Working arrangements throughout Fiona K III have been designed specifically to meet the owner’s requirements, in terms of both safety and efficiency. There is a raised whaleback which is used to hold equipment and spares for fishing operations. The top deck of the raised bow extends aft to cover the 2 trawl winches located port and starboard side. Due to the vessel been over 24m she was required by the Irish Marine Survey Office to be fitted with a Davit arm and rescue boat which are also located forward to the port side on top of whaleback.
Port side forward of the wheelhouse there is the EK Marine Landing crane and also aft on the gantry EK Marine supplied and fitted the powerblock crane both of which were bespoke designed for this vessel.
Aft of the wheelhouse to the port side is the Top & Tail Line which and 2 net Drums. The fish hose reel, hydraulic hose reel are located on port side aft on gantry along with net sounding winch. SeaQuest Systems provided deck machinery and hydraulic installation.
Engineroom
The Fiona K III has a spacious aft engineroom which is well laid out illustrating the detailed thinking by the yards engineers in order to ensure space management and efficient maintenance in the future. The engineroom floor is an aluminium chequer plate design with access to all areas valves and control system made for simple for the vessel engineer. The engineroom is equipped with a wash hand basin, tool locker, workbench.
Padmos of Kilmore supplied the vessel’s engine package which were lifted into the hull in Poland and then installed by Mooney Boats Ltd engineers in Killybegs when the hull arrived.
The Main Engine is a ABC 6DZC which was coupled to an Hundested CPGD120 Gearbox Ratio 7.04:1. Two Step. The gearbox is fitted with 3 No PTOs for driving the Hydraulic Pumps which can all be controlled from the wheelhouse. The Propeller shaft and stern tube were supplied by Hundested and is a CPP system with a 4 blade, 2780mm Diameter propeller. Hudested also supplied the bow thruster which is 160 HP and gives maximum vessel manoeuvrability in restricted areas.
The main generator is a Mitsubishi S6B3-T2MPTAW driving a 295KVA Generator mounted on a steel frame on top the port tank which powers the RSW equipment and other electrical equipment throughout the vessel.
A second 120kVA Stamford generator is driven by a Mitsubishi 6D16-T auxiliary engine which is fitted on the starboard side of the enginroom.
A third Shore Power Set which is a Mitsubishi S4SDT 40kva air cooled unit is fitted forward under the shelter deck forward in a separate room on the starboard side of the vessel.
The installation of all engines on the vessel was carried out by Mooney Boats Ltd engineers this included the lining, fitting box coolers, pipework systems, exhaust system, electrical system, fuel oil systems etc.
The bilge system, firefighting, hydraulic cooling water system, fuel oil systems etc. were all supplied and installed by Mooney boats Ltd engineers and consisted of the following pumps.