Mighty Servant 1
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.[3] Mighty Servant 1 carried structures such as oil rigs and floating drydocks.[4] Originally 40 m (130 ft) wide, she was increased to 50 m (160 ft) in 1999 to lift the production rig Petrobras 36 or P36.[5][6]
|  After being positioned over the submerged deck of Mighty Servant I at Algeciras, Spain, 1 April 1992, Tonkawa (YTB-786) and Eufaula (YTB-800), and the mine countermeasures ship USS Guardian (MCM-5) wait to be raised out of the water. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Owner |  Dockwise Shipping B.V. | 
| Operator | Anglo-Eastern Limited | 
| Port of registry | .svg.png.webp) Netherlands Antilles, Willemstad | 
| Builder | |
| Completed | 1983 | 
| Identification | 
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| Status | In service | 
| Notes | [1][2] | 
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Cargo Ship | 
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 190.03 m (623.5 ft) | 
| Beam | 50 m (160 ft) | 
| Draught | 
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| Depth | 12 m (39 ft) | 
| Deck clearance | 
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| 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. | 
| Speed | 14 kts (cruising); 15 knots (max.) | 
| Endurance | 59 days | 
| Capacity | 
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| Crew | 20 | 
| Notes | [2] | 
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 14 m (46 ft).[7]
 Mighty Servant 1 carrying driller Sevan Brasil off the coast of Port Louis, Mauritius Mighty Servant 1 carrying driller Sevan Brasil off the coast of Port Louis, Mauritius
References
    
- "8130875". Miramar Ship Index.
- "Mighty Servant 1 (25696)". DNV Vessel Register. DNV. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- "Mighty Servant 1". Dockwise. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- Trish Hoffman. "MSC takes drydock on 13,000 mile commute". Military Sealift Command. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- 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
- MIGHTY SERVANT 1 arriving with the ill fated platform P36 at Rio de Janeiro.
- "Heavy Marfine Transport". Dockwise. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
External links
    
- Mighty Servant 1 hauling a Navy drydock Archived 2010-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Photos of sister ship Mighty Servant 2 hauling USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58)
- Photos of the wreck of sister ship Mighty Servant 2
- Mighty Servant 1 at Dockwise Shipping
- Dockwise Shipping B.V.
- Mighty Servant leaving for sea
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