Mighty Servant 1

AlternateTextHere After being positioned over the submerged deck of Mighty Servant I at Algeciras, Spain, 1 April 1992, USS Tonkawa (YTB-786) and USS Eufaula (YTB-800), and the mine countermeasures ship USS Guardian (MCM-5) wait to be raised out of the water.
Career	<tr valign="top"><td>Name:</td><td> MV Mighty Servant 1</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Owner:</td><td> Dockwise Shipping B.V.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Operator:</td><td> Anglo-Eastern Limited</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Port of registry:</td><td> Netherlands Antilles, Willemstad</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Builder:</td><td> Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Ōshima, Japan</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Identification:</td><td> Call sign: PJVZ DNV ID: 25696 IMO number: 8130875 MMSI no.: 306812000</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Status:</td><td> Operational</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Notes:</td><td> </td></tr>
General characteristics <tr valign="top"><td>Class & type:</td><td> LRS + 100 A1 + Non-perishable cargoes Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Cargo Ship</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Tonnage:</td><td> gross tonnage (GT) of 29,193 tons 40,910 metric tons deadweight (DWT)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Length:</td><td> 190.03 m (623.5 ft) 174.70 m (573.2 ft) b.p.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Beam:</td><td> 40 m (130 ft) (originally 40 m)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Draught:</td><td> 4 m (13 ft) (minimum) 8.77 m (28.8 ft) (sailing) 26 m (85 ft) (submerged) 14 m (46 ft) (maximum cargo)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Depth:</td><td> 12 m (39 ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Depth of hold:</td><td> 50 x 16 x 7.5 m (160 x 52 x 25 ft) Hatch: 31 m × 14.6 m (102 ft × 48 ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Installed power:</td><td> Two diesel generators 440 V/60 Hz, 190 kW or 380 V/50 Hz, 150 kW. One diesel generator 440 V/60 Hz, 590 kW. One emergency diesel generator 440 V/60 Hz, 190 kW or 380 V/50 Hz, 150 kW. One turbo generator set 440 V/60 Hz, 820 kW.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Propulsion:</td><td> 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.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Speed:</td><td> 14 kts (cruising); 15 knots (max.)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Endurance:</td><td> 59 days</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Crew:</td><td> 20</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Notes:</td><td> </td></tr>

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 meters wide, she was increased to 50 meters around 1999 to lift the production rig P36.^{[citation needed]}

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 metres.

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 – sister ship, capsized whilst transporting a topside module and subsequently scrapped.
• Mighty Servant 3 – sister ship
• MV Blue Marlin – a semi-submersible that carried USS Cole after the destroyer was attacked by suicide bombers.

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 seade:Mighty Servant