Zero USV’s Oceanus12 USV launched

Zero USV, UK-based USV developer, announced that Oceanus12 unmanned surface vehicle touched the water for the first time at Manor Marine in Portland, Dorset, this week. The fully equipped vessel is now ready for commissioning and integration trials from Zero USV’s home port of Plymouth. The launching of the first Oceanus12 represents the culmination of nearly 18 months of design, engineering and build effort from the team at Zero USV which has been built on the success of the Mayflower 400’s transatlantic autonomous voyage – a milestone achieved through the same inter-company collaborations between Zero USV’s parent company MSubs, their non-profit Promare, and sister marine software company MarineAI.

Zero USV plans to build whole fleet of Oceanus12 series consisting of more than 12 vessels intended for “charter” business model. Second vessel to be completed in late March and vessels three and four hot on their heels. An official boat naming ceremony is scheduled for the spring.

The Oceanus12 is groundbreaking in multiple areas of technology: from its hybrid-electric drive system, with twin drives for redundancy and efficiency coupled with sufficient onboard fuel for a cruising range of more than 2500 nautical miles, to the use of the only truly fully autonomous software stack on the market – MarineAI’s Guardian software. With Zero USV not only owning and operating the vessels, but also the ROC (Remote Operations Center), the Oceanus12 is a true “turnkey” package for charter customers.

🎤 Zero USV founder Matthew Ratsey, said: “Oceanus12 presents a quantum leap forward in autonomous maritime technology and this is a seminal moment for the team here at Zero USV. We’ve created the world’s first complete solution – not just a cutting-edge 12m over-the-horizon USV available for charter, but also full maintenance and support to ensure 24/7 operations with minimal downtime.”

Utilising a suite of world-class marine sensors, including the internationally renowned mm-wave Navtech Radar, Oceanus12 integrates multiple data streams into MarineAI’s GuardianAI autonomy software. This enables real-time processing and analysis, ensuring COLREG-compliant vessel control and navigation.

⚙ Oceanus12 specifications:
🔹 Length Overall – 11.55m
🔹 Beam – 2.33m
🔹 Draft – 1.76 m
🔹 Displacement – 6 tonnes
🔹 Speed – 6 knots cruising, 10 knots sprint
🔹 Endurance – 2000+Nautical miles
🔹 Payload weight – up to 1 tonn
🔹 Autonomy control system – Marine AI
🔹 Navigation – Navtech Radar HD Radar

📃 Source: ZeroUSV
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