Mighty Servant 1

{{Short description|Semisubmersible heavy-lift ship}}

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| Ship caption = After being positioned over the submerged deck of Mighty Servant I at Algeciras, Spain, 1 April 1992, {{ship

Tonkawa|YTB-786}} and {{shipEufaula|YTB-800}}, and the mine countermeasures ship {{USS|Guardian|MCM-5}} wait to be raised out of the water.

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| Ship owner = File:Dockwise flag.svg Dockwise Shipping B.V.

| Ship operator = Anglo-Eastern Limited

| Ship registry = {{ANT}}, Willemstad

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| Ship builder =*Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.

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|Ship completed = 1983

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|Ship identification =*Call sign: PJVZ

  • DNV ID: 25696
  • {{IMO Number|8130875}}
  • {{MMSI|306812000}}

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|Ship status = In service

|Ship notes = {{csr|register=MSI|id=8130875}}{{cite ship register |register=DNV |id=25696 |shipname=Mighty Servant 1 |accessdate=23 November 2010 }}

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|Ship class = Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Cargo Ship

|Ship tonnage =*{{GT|29,193}}

  • {{DWT|40,910}}

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|Ship length = {{convert|190.03|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam = {{convert|50|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship draught =*{{convert|4|m|abbr=on}} (minimum)

  • {{convert|8.77|m|abbr=on}} (sailing)
  • {{convert|26|m|abbr=on}} (submerged)
  • {{convert|14|m|abbr=on}} (maximum cargo)

|Ship depth = {{convert|12|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship deck clearance =*{{convert|50|x|150|m|abbr=on}}

  • load: {{convert|19|to|40|t|abbr=on}} per m2

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|Ship 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.

|Ship speed = 14 kts (cruising); 15 knots (max.)

|Ship endurance = 59 days

|Ship crew = 20

|Ship capacity =*50 × 16 x 7.5 m (160 x 52 x 25 ft) deck

  • Hatch: {{convert|31|x|14.6|m|abbr=on}}

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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.{{cite web| url=http://www.dockwise.com/page/fleet/fleetdata-3.html| title=Mighty Servant 1| publisher=Dockwise| accessdate=6 November 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618024539/http://www.dockwise.com/page/fleet/fleetdata-3.html| archive-date=18 June 2012| url-status=dead}} Mighty Servant 1 carried structures such as oil rigs and floating drydocks.{{cite web| url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2005/August/drydock.htm| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804181628/http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2005/August/drydock.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 4, 2012| title=MSC takes drydock on 13,000 mile commute| author=Trish Hoffman| publisher=Military Sealift Command| accessdate=6 November 2009}} Originally {{convert|40|m|abbr=on}} wide, she was increased to {{convert|50|m|abbr=on}} in 1999 to lift the production rig Petrobras 36 or P-36.[https://www.ogj.com/home/article/17215055/mighty-servant-1-delivers-brazilian-semisubmersible 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][http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1495143 MIGHTY SERVANT 1 arriving with the ill fated platform P36 at Rio de Janeiro.]

Service

Mighty 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 {{convert|14|m|abbr=on}}.{{cite web| url=http://www.dockwise.com/page/heavy-marine-transport.html| title=Heavy Marfine Transport| publisher=Dockwise| accessdate=29 May 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806202714/http://www.dockwise.com/page/heavy-marine-transport.html| archive-date=6 August 2010| url-status=dead}}

{{Gallery |File:MV Mighty Servant 1.jpg|Mighty Servant 1 carrying driller Sevan Brasil off the coast of Port Louis, Mauritius

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See also

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