DSV MERLIN – V4ED

 

    

 

Period O/B

:

20th of February 2008 – 24th of February 2008.

Function O/B

 

:

 

Witness Client DP FMEA Class 1 Trials 2008 &

Investigate Upgrade to DP FMEA Class 2.


DSV Merlin was located in Lagos, Nigeria during the Client DP FMEA Class 1 trials &

DP FMEA Class 2 investigation activities.

The Basic Function of this Vessel : Diving Support & Special Purpose/Offshore Tug/Supply.

 

Main Area of Operations : Offshore Nigeria, Agbami field.

 

   

 

General Specifications

 

Type of Vessel

Diving Support / Special Purpose

 

Nationality (flag)

St. Kitts and Nevis

Port of Registry

Basseterre

Callsign

V4ED

IMO Number

7917903

MMSI Number

341107000

Official Registry Number

SKN 1001107

Classification ABS

 

+A1, Fire Fighting Vessel Class 1, E, +AMS, +ACCU, DPS-2, Unrestricted Service limit

Built

Port Lincoln Tugs PTY Ltd, Port Lincoln, Australia, year of build 1981, Hull number 145

 

Gross Tonnage

 1,075

Mt

Net Tonnage

    323

Mt

Design Deadweight

 1,075

Mt

Lightship Deadweight

 1,198.8

Mt

Summer D.W.T.

    942

Mt

Summer Displacement

 2,139

Mt

Bollard Pull

40 tonnes continuous pull

 

Length Overall

 

60.30

m

[Converted & Lengthened 8.625m, dec. 92]

Length Between Perpendiculars

53.8155

m

Moulded Breadth

12.2499

m

Moulded Depth to Main Deck

  5.3005

m

Maximum Draught

  5.00

m

Summer Draught

  4.60

m

 

Service Speed

10 knots @ 10m3 / day

 

 

1 x Port Main Engine,

      make General Motors Corp.

      type EMD V12 645 E6

1 x 1119 kW / 1500 BHP

 

1 x Starboard Main Engine,

      make General Motors Corp.

      type EMD V12 645 E6

1 x 1119 kW / 1500 BHP

3 x Auxiliary Diesel Engine,

      make General Motors Detroit MI-USA,

      type 8 V71 T Detroit with

      Accompanying Auxiliary Alternator,

      make Kato

3 x   202 kW / 415V / 50 Hz

 

2 x Bow Tunnel Thruster,

      make Ulstein, type 150-TV-600,

      CPP, FSP

2 x 600 kW, electrical driven, 7.2 tonnes thrust

1 x Stern Tunnel Thruster, make Ulstein,

      type 150-TV-600, CPP, FSP, driven by

     16 V71 Detroit diesel engine, 600 hp

1 x 450 kW, direct driven, 7.2 tonnes thrust

2 x Main Gearbox,

      make Lohmann & Stolterfoht,

      type GUH 630 1309/10

with Pneumaflex Type DAC 200 Clutches

      Twinn Lips in Kort Nozzles

Controllable Pitch Propeller

 

2 x Rudder, make Becker

5.66 T lateral forces @ max thrust

 

Dynamic Positioning

Nautronix NMS 6000 DP -> ASK 4001

 

Acoustic Reference System

1 x Nautronix ATS-4 ->

      Sonardyne HPR Type SM7707

DGPS Reference System

2 off, independent inputs via Spotbeam&Skyfix

Laserunit based Reference System

1 x Cyscan