MV Oceanic Viking

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MV Oceanic Viking
History
Australia
NameMV Oceanic Viking
OwnerEidesvik Shipping AS
Operator
P&O Marine Services/Australian Customs Service
BuilderFlekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk, Flekkefjord, Norway
Launched1996
Out of serviceJune 2010
Identification
History
Isle of Man
NameEuropean Supporter
Owner
P&O Maritime Services
(UK) Ltd.
OperatorP&O Maritime Services (UK) Ltd.
Port of registryDouglas, Isle of Man
BuilderFlekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk AS
Yard number961
Launched17 February 1996
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeDnV + 1A1 Cable Laying Vessel
Tonnage9,075 GT
Length105.6 m (346 ft)
Beam22 m (72 ft)
Draught6.83 m (22.4 ft)
Propulsion2 x 3,560 kW (4770 hp) at 660 rpm
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement25 crew + up to 50 Customs and Fisheries officers.
Armament2 ×
.50 caliber machine guns
in customs service
NotesFormer offshore oil pipeline layer and cable layer

The MV Oceanic Viking was an armed patrol vessel of the

A&P Tyne
, Isle of Man, and renamed European Supporter.

Construction

The ship was built in 1996 for Norwegian shipping company Eidesvik Shipping AS as an offshore supply vessel and named Viking Lady.[citation needed] The vessel is 105.6 metres (346 ft) long and has a gross tonnage of over 9,000.[3]

Operational history

Eidesvik Shipping

In 2000, the ship was converted to a

optic fiber cables between Europe and North America.[4][5]

Australian Customs Service

In 2004, Oceanic Viking was converted to an armed patrol vessel and

merchant vessel to be armed in peacetime.[7]

In early September 2005, Oceanic Viking intercepted a 2,000 GT Cambodian vessel found poaching in the Southern Ocean.[8] Later that month, the ship apprehended three Indonesian vessels illegally fishing near the Northern Territory's Wessel Islands; one of the vessels failed to stop when ordered, and one of Oceanic Viking's machine guns was used to fire warning shots.[8]

In October 2006, Oceanic Viking traveled 1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) in eight days to answer a medical distress call from the Kerguelen Islands.[9]

In December 2007, the Australian government tasked the Oceanic Viking with monitoring

Japanese-Australian relations.[14]

In October 2009, Oceanic Viking was involved in an operation to apprehend 78 Sri Lankan

Ashmore Islands; the 50th asylum seeker vessel to be intercepted in Australian waters in 2009.[18]

European Supporter

The European Supporter

Oceanic Viking was taken out of service in June 2011.

ACV Ocean Protector. Oceanic Viking subsequently became the UK-flagged MV European Supporter.[20]

The European Supporter was fitted out at

A&P Tyne, so she would be able to install power cables between wind turbines to take advantage of the rapidly expanding offshore renewables market in the UK and Europe. A 7 m (23 ft) long abrasion resistant steel chute was installed onto the vessel's stern, from which cables could be lowered onto the sea bed. Other work included a major overhaul of the generators, modifications to the steelwork inside the hangar accommodating the ROVs and to the switchboard, electrical repairs and refurbishment of the pumps. The European Supporter has the capacity to accommodate 5,000 tons of power cable in two static tanks, using a newly installed power cable loading arm.[21]

References

  1. ^ "European Supporter". Maritime Traffic. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. ^ Oceanic Viking Datasheet Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c d e Australian Associated Press (19 November 2004). "Toothfish pirates to face armed patrols". Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Conversion of the Supply Boat Viking Lady to the trans-ocean Fibre Optic Cable Layer Oceanic Viking".
  5. ^ "Subsea Telecom Notebook, January/February 2001".
  6. ^ a b "Oceanic Viking secures bareboat charter from Australia". Offshore Shipping Online. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  7. ISBN 0-415-38378-1
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  8. ^ a b Australian Associated Press (28 September 2005). "Warning shots fired at fishing boat". Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Australian patrol ship carries out double medical rescue in Southern Ocean". Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Armed vessel to monitor whalers". Herald Sun. 18 December 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007. [dead link]
  11. ^ a b Australian Associated Press (27 February 2008). "Oceanic Viking returning to port". Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Unarmed Australians to watch whaling". Herald Sun. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2007. [dead link]
  13. ^ "Oceanic Viking Returns to Australia" (Press release). The Hon. Bob Debus, Minister for Home Affairs. 27 February 2008. Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  14. ^ Shanahan, Dennis (27 June 2008). "Real Dog of a Policy". Opinion. The Australian. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  15. ^ Australian Associated Press (22 October 2009). "Towing boats back is humane - Rudd". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  16. ^ a b Fitzpatrick, Stephen (17 November 2009). "Oceanic Viking asylum-seekers to land tomorrow - reports". The Australian. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  17. ^ Kirk, Alexandra (17 December 2009). "Australia looks to friends to resettle Tamils". ABC News. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  18. ^ "Oceanic Viking picks up new asylum boat". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Australian Associated Press. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  19. ^ "Mothership being readied for asylum-seekers". The Australian. 30 July 2010.
  20. ^ "European Supporter (IMO: 9126584)". vesseltracker.com.
  21. ^ "A&P Tyne wins wind power work". Maritime Journal. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013.
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