Mighty Servant 1 is a 29,000-ton heavy-lift ship capable of carrying very large vessels and offshore platforms. Built for Dutch shipping firm Wijsmuller Transport, which merged in 1993 with Dock Express Shipping to become Breda-based offshore heavy lifting group, Dockwise Shipping B.V.[3] Mighty Servant 1 carried structures such as oil rigs and floating drydocks.[4] Originally 40 m (130 ft) wide, she was increased to 50 m (160 ft) in 1999 to lift the production rig Petrobras 36 or P36.[5][6]
 After being positioned over the submerged deck of Mighty Servant I at Algeciras, Spain, 1 April 1992, Tonkawa (YTB-786) and Eufaula (YTB-800), and the mine countermeasures ship USS Guardian (MCM-5) wait to be raised out of the water.
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| History | |
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| Owner |  Dockwise Shipping B.V. |
| Operator | Anglo-Eastern Limited |
| Port of registry |  Netherlands Antilles, Willemstad |
| Builder | |
| Completed | 1983 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| Notes | [1][2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Cargo Ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 190.03 m (623.5 ft) |
| Beam | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Draught |
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| Depth | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Deck clearance |
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| Propulsion | 2 x 6,770 kW Wärtsilä 12V38A diesel generator sets, driving two c.p. propellers by four E-motors of 3,100 kW each. Two propellers can be driven by one engine. Two bow thrusters of 500 kW each. |
| Speed | 14 kts (cruising); 15 knots (max.) |
| Endurance | 59 days |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 20 |
| Notes | [2] |
Service
editMighty Servant 1 can carry the heaviest semi-submersible drilling units, harsh-environment deep-water jack-up rigs and large floating production platforms like tension-leg platforms, oil platforms and spars with drafts of up to 14 m (46 ft).[7]
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Mighty Servant 1 carrying driller Sevan Brasil off the coast of Port Louis, Mauritius
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "8130875". Miramar Ship Index.
- ^ a b "Mighty Servant 1 (25696)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "Mighty Servant 1". Dockwise. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ^ Trish Hoffman. "MSC takes drydock on 13,000 mile commute". Military Sealift Command. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ^ Mighty Servant 1 delivers Brazilian semisubmersible, Dockwise's Mighty Servant 1 (MS1) recently set a transport weight record for a semisubmersible heavy transport ship, Feb. 28, 2000
- ^ MIGHTY SERVANT 1 arriving with the ill fated platform P36 at Rio de Janeiro.
- ^ "Heavy Marfine Transport". Dockwise. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
External links
edit- Mighty Servant 1 hauling a Navy drydock Archived 2010-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Photos of sister ship Mighty Servant 2 hauling USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58)
- Photos of the wreck of sister ship Mighty Servant 2
- Mighty Servant 1 at Dockwise Shipping
- Dockwise Shipping B.V.
- Mighty Servant leaving for sea