Mighty Servant 1

Mighty Servant 1

300px 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:	Netherlands Antilles, Willemstad
Builder:	Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Ōshima, Japan
Identification:	Call sign: PJVZ DNV ID: 25696 IMO number: 8130875 MMSI number: 306812000
Status:	In service
Notes:
General characteristics
Class & type:	Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Cargo Ship
Tonnage:	29,193 GT 40,910 DWT
Length:	190.03 m (623.5 ft)
Beam:	40 m (130 ft)
Draught:	4 m (13 ft) (minimum) 8.77 m (28.8 ft) (sailing) 26 m (85 ft) (submerged) 14 m (46 ft) (maximum cargo)
Depth:	12 m (39 ft)
Deck clearance:	50 m × 150 m (160 ft × 490 ft) load: 19 to 40 t (19 to 39 long tons; 21 to 44 short tons) per m²
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:	50 × 16 x 7.5 m (160 x 52 x 25 ft) deck Hatch: 31 m × 14.6 m (102 ft × 48 ft)
Crew:	20
Notes:

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. Mighty Servant 1 carried things such as oil rigs and floating drydocks. Originally 40 m (130 ft) wide, she was increased to 50 m (160 ft) around 1999 to lift the production rig P36.

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).

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

See also

• Mighty Servant 2
• Mighty Servant 3
• MV Blue Marlin

External links

• Mighty Servant 1 hauling a Navy drydock
• 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