Yavuz (drillship)
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|display title = ital }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:Yavuz (sondaj gemisi).jpg | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Turkey | Ship flag = 100x35px | Ship name = *Yavuz
| Ship owner = *Türkiye Petrolleri A. O. (TPAO)
| Ship operator = *Türkiye Petrolleri A. O. (TPAO)
| Ship namesake = Selim I, known as yavuz, "the resolute" | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Ulsan Shipyard, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = July 2011 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = *{{IMO number|9503768}}
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| Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{cvt|229.19|m}} | Ship beam = {{cvt|36|m}} | Ship height = | Ship draft = {{cvt|14.7|m}} | Ship depth = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = *{{cvt|8.6|kn}} (max.)
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Yavuz, ex Deepsea Metro I, is a Turkey-flagged ultra deepwater drillship owned and operated by the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO). She is Turkey's second drillship.
Name
Yavuz means "Resolute" in Turkish.
The three drillships of the state-owned Turkish gas company, Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni, are named after the most famous conquerors and rulers of the Ottoman Empire: Mehmed II, Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Mehmed the Conqueror, who conquered Constantinople in 1453; Selim I (r. 1512-1520), known as Selim the Resolute, Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim, who hugely expanded his empire; and Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-1566), known in Turkish as Kanunî Sultan Süleyman ("the Lawgiver"), under whom the empire reached its apex.
History
The ship was designed by SBM Offshore subsidiary GustoMSC and built by the Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan at Ulsan Shipyard in South Korea in July 2011, and christened Deepsea Metro I.
Flagged Bermuda (2011-2018) and the Marshall Islands (2018-2019), the drillship was owned by Golden Close Maritime Corp., and operated by Odfjell Drilling. She served off Tanzania (2012-2014) and Kenya (2014) until the end of 2014, off Vietnam (2015-2017) and Philippines (2017). In May 2017, it became idle and was warm stacked in Malaysia waiting for a new contract.
The ship was purchased in October 2018 by the state-owned company Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO) at a price of US$262.5 million. She sailed off Port of Algeciras in Spain, and arrived in the Marmara Sea on 22 February 2019. It was reported that the ship was named Yavuz, and will start drilling operations in the Mediterranean Sea, right after the completion of maintenance and renovation works off Yalova. It is the second of three drillships purchased by Turkey, after Fatih, ex Deepsea Metro II, and before Kanuni.
Characteristics
The deepwater drillship is {{cvt|229.19|m}} long and has a beam of {{cvt|36|m}} and a draft of {{cvt|14.7|m}}. Assessed at {{GT|51283}} and {{DWT|38000}}, she has a max. speed of {{cvt|8.6|kn}} and {{cvt|4.5|kn}} in service. The vessel is able to carry out drilling at a sea depth up to {{cvt|10000|ft}}.
Ship registry
See also
- Fatih (ex Deepsea Metro II), sister ship and Turkey's first drillship (2017)
- Kanuni (ex 'Sertao), Turkey's third drillship (2020)
- Abdülhamid Han (ex Cobalt Explorer), Turkey's fourth drillship (2021)
References
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{{cite news |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/energy/2019/02/23/turkeys-second-drillship-passes-through-canakkale-strait |newspaper=Daily Sabah |title=Turkey's second drillship passes through Çanakkale Strait |date=23 February 2019 |access-date=2 March 2019 }}
{{cite news |url= https://www.dailysabah.com/business/energy/turkeys-3rd-drillship-kanuni-arrives-from-uk |newspaper=Daily Sabah |title= Turkey's 3rd drillship, Kanuni, arrives from UK |date= 15 March 2020 |access-date= 16 August 2020}}
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Category:Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group