Mighty Servant 3
History | |
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Name | Mighty Servant 3 |
Owner | ![]() |
Port of registry | ![]() |
Builder | |
Yard number | 10074 |
Completed | 1984 |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
Notes | [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | heavy lift ship |
Tonnage | |
Length |
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Beam | 40 m (130 ft) |
Draught | 4 to 22 m (13 to 72 ft) |
Depth | 12 m (39 ft) |
Depth of hold |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Endurance | 44 days |
Crew | 20 |
Mighty Servant 3 is a 27,000-ton
Service
Most of the cargo transported by Mighty Servant 3 are oil platforms and drilling industry related gear. When loading its mammoth burdens, it takes on thousands of gallons of water into ballast tanks, which causes the cargo deck to submerge. After the cargo is floated into position, the ballast tanks are emptied with pumps, slowly lifting the deck above the waterline to sailing position.
The vessel is capable of carrying the heaviest semi-submersible drilling units, harsh-environment deep-water jack-up rigs and large floating production tension-leg platforms, semi-submersibles and spars with drafts of up to 14 m (46 ft).[2]
In 2010, Mighty Servant 3 was outfitted with
Incidents and accidents
2006 sinking
On 6 December 2006, Mighty Servant 3 sank in 62 m (203 ft) of water near the port of
After five months of resting on the seabed, it was salvaged by
See also
References
- ^ "Mighty Servant 3 (113309)". Shippingdatabase.com.
- ^ "Exceptional Transport Management". Dockwise. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "Dockwise comes to aid of Gulf clean-up efforts". Heavy Lift PFI. 18 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ https://www.flickr.com/photos/bpamerica/4717215984/ [dead link]
- ^ "Picture of the sinking of Mighty Servant 3". Ports and Ships. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Dockwise Follows Recommendations of the Dutch Maritime Court to Reinstate the Mighty Servant 3" (PDF). Dockwise. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Mighty Servant 3". Smit. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "The Mighty Servant 3 Rejoins Dockwise Fleet". Dockwise. 7 August 2009. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2009.