Solitaire (ship)
{{Short description|Maltese pipe-laying ship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Allseas' Solitaire, pijplegschip.jpg |Ship caption=Solitaire, one of the largest pipe-laying ships in the world}} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship name=*Trentwood
|Ship owner=Allseas Group |Ship operator= |Ship registry=*-2015: Panama, {{flag|Panama}}
|Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hiroshima, Japan |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=223 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=17 December 1971 |Ship completed=1972 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification=*{{IMO Number|7129049}}
|Ship fate= |Ship status=In service |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship tonnage=*59193
|Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{convert|300|m|0|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|40.6|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught=17.62 m |Ship draft= |Ship depth=24.00 m |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion= 8x Wartsila 6R46B , 51.50 MW |Ship capacity= |Ship crew=420 |Ship notes= }} |
Solitaire is a large deep-sea pipe laying ship. It was at the time of conversion the world's largest pipe-laying ship at {{convert|300|m|0}} long (excluding pipe-laying apparatus){{cite web |url=http://www.allseas.com/uk/20/equipment/solitaire.html |title=Solitaire, one of the largest pipelay vessels in the world |publisher=Allseas |accessdate=27 May 2009 }} and {{convert|96000|t}}.{{cite news |title=Killybegs Giant ship boost |url=http://www.donegalpost.com/2008/07/16/killybegs-giant-ship-boost/ |work=Donegal Post |date=16 July 2008 |access-date=13 May 2009}} When fully operational she has a crew of 420, a pipe carrying capacity of 22,000 tonnes and a pipe lay speed of more than {{convert|9|km}} a day.{{Cite web |url=http://www.allseas.com/uk/20/equipment/solitaire.html |title=Solitaire |access-date=2009-05-27 |archive-date=2009-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305091627/http://www.allseas.com/uk/20/equipment/solitaire.html |url-status=dead }} The ship is owned by the Allseas Group, a Dutch pipelaying and marine construction firm with their headquarters in Switzerland.{{cite book |last=Palmer |first=Andrew Clennel |title=Subsea pipeline engineering |publisher=PennWell Books |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-59370-013-3 |page=360}}
History
The ship was initially built in 1972 as a bulk carrier and launched as Trentwood by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at their shipyard in Hiroshima, Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/list?search_op=OR&IDNo=7129049 |title=Search results for "7129049" |work=Miramar Ship Index |access-date=29 July 2009}}
In 1992, Allseas acquired Trentwood for conversion into a pipelaying vessel. Allseas awarded the conversion contract to Sembawang Shipyards in Singapore on a lump sum basis; however, the contract was terminated in 1995. The ship was subsequently converted at the Swan Hunter yard on Tyneside, United Kingdom.{{Cite web |title=Major deepwater pipelay vessel starts work in North Sea |url=http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-96/issue-18/in-this-issue/general-interest/major-deepwater-pipelay-vessel-starts-work-in-north-sea.html |website=www.ogj.com}} Solitaire laid her first pipe on Statoil's Europipe project in 1999.{{Cite web |title=Solitaire undergoes preparatory re-vamp as GoM developments head deeper |url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/print/volume-65/issue-6/pipeline-transportation/solitaire-undergoes-preparatory-re-vamp-as-gom-developments-head-deeper.html |website=www.offshore-mag.com}}
Allseas and Sembcorp reached a settlement for the Solitaire arbitration in 2006.{{Cite web |title=SembCorp and Allseas reach full and final settlement for Solitaire arbitration |url=https://allseas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2006-0331-Joint-press-release-Allseas-and-SembCorp.pdf |website=www.allseas.com}}
In 2006, while working on the Atwater Valley and Independence Trail projects in the Gulf of Mexico, Solitaire set new depth records, laying 10-inch pipeline in a water depth of {{convert|2775|m}} and 24-inch pipeline in a water depth of {{convert|2550|m}}.{{Cite web |title=World's deepest floating production facility nears completion |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/World's+deepest+floating+production+facility+nears+completion.-a0162833236 |website=www.ogj.com}}
Among other ships, Solitaire laid the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea in 2019—2020.{{cite web |last1=Djursing |first1=Thomas |title=Galleri: 430 arbejdere lægger fremtidens gasrør i Østersøen |url=https://ing.dk/galleri/galleri-430-arbejdere-laegger-fremtidens-gasroer-oestersoeen-229744 |website=Ingeniøren |language=da |date=7 January 2020}}
References
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External links
- 2min {{youTube|mAg639MsAI4}}, from Mighty Ships
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Category:Ships of the Netherlands
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