BoatsFRV 7417In November Damen Shipyards Galati launched Baía Farta, a new Fishery Re-search Vessel (FRV) 7417 for the Ango-lan Ministry of Fisheries. The vessel’s sponsor was Dra. Isabel Cristóvão, di-rector of Gabinete de Estudos, Planea-mento e Estatística.The FRV 7417 is suited to various purposes, including hydrographic op-erations, acoustics research, pelagic and demersal trawling, plankton, water, en-vironmental and geographical sampling, oil recovery and emergency towing operations. Baía Farta boasts a number of state-of-the-art features, the builder Photo: Damensaid. The FRV has Silent A/F/R Class notation. Close attention is being paid Baía Farta features a basic design from Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding in to the design, construction and out