Training at Port Revel The Shiphandling Training Centre Françoise Massard

Summary

The only model ship missing from this photo is the NORMANDY (photo: Port Revel)

The fleet

The fleet currently comprises nine ships, all at 1:25 scale: seven oil tankers (from 17 000 dwt — the PEMBROKESHIRE — to 400 000 dwt — the ANTIFER), an LNG carrier (the BEN FRANKLIN) and a container carrier (the NORMANDIE)... that can be converted into a cruise liner! Most of the ships sail fully laden, except the oil tanker BRITTANY, which sails on ballast (so it has a small draught but a large windage) and the GILDA, which is partly loaded.

	Dim.	Model ship	Real ship
	LPP (m) Width (m) Draught (m) Displ. (t)	6,25 0,86 0,32 1,43	159 21,4 8,00 22 000
PEMBROKESHIRE - 17 000 dwt (photo Port Revel)

The hulls were built in local shipyards and are made of stratified polyester and stiffened by a steel framework. The latest addition to the fleet, the NORMANDIE, built by the Marc Pinta shipyard (La Rochelle, France), is made of a composite sandwich material that does not require a steel framework. The model ships are ballasted with pig iron ingots and have a large battery of accumulators to power the main engine, the propellers (or the pods in the case of the Normandie), the helm, the windlass and all the on-board electronics. All the scale models were fully fitted out (their equipment was designed, built and finalised) at Port Revel, by Sogreah personnel.

BERLIN testing the Suez Canal (photo. Port Revel, June 1967)	BERLIN (photos FM, July 2006)		BERLIN in fog (photo. Port Revel)

BERLIN  38 000 dwt	Dim.	Model ship	Real ship		Dim.	Model ship	Real ship
	LPP (m) Width (m)	8,05 1,15	201 28,80		Draught (m) Displ. (t)	0,43 3,26	10,92 51 000

BRITTANY under construction (photo. Port Revel, February 1967)	Finished hull of the BRITTANY (photo. Port Revel, March 1967)	Bulbous bow of the BRITTANY (photo. Port Revel, March 1967)	The BRITTANY arriving at Port Revel (May 1967)	Her maiden voyage...

		Dim.	Model ship	Real ship
		LPP (m) Width (m) Draught (m) Displ. (t)	12,20 1,89 0,74 14,40	305 47,20 18,45 225 000
BRITTANY - 190 000 dwt (photos FM, July 2006)

The EUROPE being tested for Antifer harbour (photo. Port Revel, 1971)	The EUROPE - 255 000 dwt (photos FM, July 2006)

Dim.	Model ship	Real ship		Dim.	Model ship	Real ship
LPP (m) Width (m)	13,17 2,07	329 51,80		Draught (m) Displ. (t)	0,80 18,60	19,98 291 000

GILDA in mist (photo. A. de Graauw)	GILDA - 125 000 dwt (photo. FM, July 2006)

Dim.	Model ship	Real ship		Dim.	Model ship	Real ship
LPP (m) Width (m)	10,75 1,68	269 42,00		Draught (m) Displ. (t)	0,62 9,55	15,52 149 000

	Dim.	Model ship	Real ship		Dim.	Model ship	Real ship
	LPP (m) Width (m) Draught (m) Displ. (t)	13,47 2,80 0,88 30,13	337 70,00 21,96 471 000		LPP (m) Width (m) Draught  (m) Displ. (t)	7,62 1,18 0,46 3,52	191 29,50 11,54 55 000
ANTIFER in the waves - 400 000 dwt (photo. Port Revel)				GRENOBLE at the port - 43 000 dwt (photo. FM, July 2006)

The LNG carrier BEN FRANKLIN (photos FM, July 2006)		The NORMANDIE in container carrier / diesel motor mode (photo. FM, July 2006)	The NORMANDIE in pod mode (photo. Port Revel, June 2006)

BEN FRANKLIN 120 000 m3	Dim.	Model ship	Real ship	NORMANDIE 4 400 TEU	Dim.	Model ship	Real ship
	LPP (m) Width (m) Draught (m) Displ. (t)	10,24 1,64 0,44 5,79	256 41,00 11,10 90 000		LPP (m) Width (m) Draught (m) Displ. (t)	10,45 1,484 0,496 4,672	261 37,10 12,40 75 000

Each model ship (apart from the NORMANDIE) can simulate either diesel motor propulsion or steam turbine propulsion. The Normandie model ship can simulate either a conventional container carrier (diesel propulsion / bridge at stern), a car carrier (diesel propulsion / bridge at bow / equivalent of 6 000 m2 windage), a cruise liner (pod propulsion – replicating those of the QM 2 / bridge at bow), or a ship with two propellers and one rudder (pods turned around and reversed). All the scale models, apart from the PEMBROKESHIRE, have a bow thruster and, apart from the BERLIN and the GRENOBLE, also have a stern thruster. In all, these nine model ships can hence be used to simulate twenty different ships.

Detailed characteristics of the ships: click HERE Since 2000, the Port Revel fleet has also included two escort tugs (at the request of the American pilots), one with Voith-Schneider propulsion, the PORT REVEL (55 t bollard pull), and the other with a Z-peller system, the RASTAR 2 (60 t bollard pull). In order to remain to scale, these two tugs are radio-controlled by a real tug captain on board the ship being assisted and under the captain’s orders. They are used to test emergency manoeuvres following failure of the rudder or propulsion system. A third tug, the VELOX, should be delivered in the near future. N.B.: the bollard pull may be increased to 100-110 t if required. The various types of propulsion are summarised in the attached diagram (photo: A. de Graauw).

Ready to go to work...	PORT REVEL Voith Tractor	RASTAR 2 Escort Tug	Resting after a hard day’s work

Voith Tractor - Principle (photo Port Revel)		Tugs in fog (photo. Port Revel)

Centre de Port Revel 38870 Saint-Pierre de Bressieux (France) – www.portrevel.com Tél. 33 (0)4 74 20 02 40 – Fax 33 (0)4 74 20 12 29 – port.revel@sogreah.fr

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