Solitaire (ship)
 Solitaire, one of the largest pipe-laying ships in the world | |
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| Owner: | Allseas Group |
| Port of registry: | Panama[1] |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Yard number: | 223 |
| Launched: | 17 December 1971[2] |
| Completed: | 1972 |
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| Length: | 300 m (984 ft) |
| Beam: | 40.6 m (133.2 ft)[2] |
| Draught: | 17.62 m |
| Depth: | 24.00 m |
| Speed: | 14.5 kn[2] |
| Crew: | 420 |
Solitaire was at the time of construction the world's largest pipe-laying ship in the world at 300 metres (984 ft) long (excluding pipe-laying apparatus)[3] and 96,000 tonnes (94,000 long tons; 106,000 short tons).[4] When fully operational she has a crew of 420,[4] a pipe carrying capacity of 22,000 metric tons and a pipe lay speed of more than 9 km a day.[5]
She was built in 1972 as a bulk carrier and launched under the name Trentwood by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at their shipyard in Hiroshima, Japan,[2] and later converted to a pipe-laying vessel between 1996 and 1998 at Swan Hunter Shipyard on Tyneside in England.[6][7] The ship is owned by the Allseas Group, a Dutch pipelaying and marine construction firm with their headquarters in Switzerland.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Solitaire (IMO: 7129049)". Vessel Tracker. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Search results for "7129049"". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ↑ "Solitaire, one of the largest pipelay vessels in the world". Allseas. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- 1 2 "Killybegs Giant ship boost". Donegal Post. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- ↑ http://www.allseas.com/uk/20/equipment/solitaire.html
- ↑ Bradley, Harriet; Mark Erickson; Carol Stephenson; Steve Williams (2000). Myths at work. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 179–180. ISBN 978-0-7456-2271-2.
- ↑ http://www.swanhunter.com/ship_conversion.html
- ↑ Palmer, Andrew Clennel (2004). Subsea pipeline engineering. PennWell Books. p. 360. ISBN 978-1-59370-013-3.