Mighty Servant 1
{{Short description|Semisubmersible heavy-lift ship}}
{{Infobox ship begin |display title=ital |infobox caption=Mighty Servant 1}}
{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Mighty Servant I.jpg | Ship caption = After being positioned over the submerged deck of Mighty Servant I at Algeciras, Spain, 1 April 1992, {{ship | Tonkawa|YTB-786}} and {{ship | Eufaula|YTB-800}}, and the mine countermeasures ship {{USS|Guardian|MCM-5}} wait to be raised out of the water.
}} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = | Ship owner = File:Dockwise flag.svg Dockwise Shipping B.V. | Ship operator = Anglo-Eastern Limited | Ship registry = {{ANT}}, Willemstad | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder =*Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. |Ship original cost = |Ship yard number = |Ship way number = |Ship laid down = |Ship launched = |Ship completed = 1983 |Ship christened = |Ship acquired = |Ship maiden voyage = |Ship in service = |Ship out of service = |Ship identification =*Call sign: PJVZ
|Ship fate = |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 }} }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header = |Header caption = |Ship class = Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Cargo Ship |Ship tonnage =*{{GT|29,193}}
|Ship displacement = |Ship length = {{convert|190.03|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam = {{convert|50|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught =*{{convert|4|m|abbr=on}} (minimum)
|Ship depth = {{convert|12|m|abbr=on}} |Ship deck clearance =*{{convert|50|x|150|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship hold depth = |Ship ramps = |Ship ice class = |Ship power = |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
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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
- Mighty Servant 2
- Mighty Servant 3
- {{MV|Blue Marlin}}
- BOKA Vanguard
References
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External links
- [http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2005/August/drydock.htm Mighty Servant 1 hauling a Navy drydock] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522223942/http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2005/August/drydock.htm |date=2010-05-22 }}
- [http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-servant.shtml Photos of sister ship Mighty Servant 2 hauling USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58)]
- [http://www.tertiary.net/sinking/ Photos of the wreck of sister ship Mighty Servant 2]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070720173250/http://www.dockwise.com/vessels/node/200 Mighty Servant 1 at Dockwise Shipping]
- [http://www.dockwise.com Dockwise Shipping B.V.]
- [https://flickr.com/photos/dutchmetal/2481016914/ Mighty Servant leaving for sea]