Solitaire (ship)

Solitaire, one of the largest pipe-laying ships in the world
History
Name
  • Trentwood
  • Solitaire
OwnerAllseas Group
Port of registry
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hiroshima, Japan
Yard number223
Launched17 December 1971[2]
Completed1972
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length300 m (984 ft)
Beam40.6 m (133.2 ft)[2]
Draught17.62 m
Depth24.00 m
Propulsion8x Wartsila 6R46B , 51.50 MW
Speed14.5 kn[2]
Crew420

Solitaire is a large deep-sea pipe laying ship. It was at the time of conversion the world's largest pipe-laying ship at 300 metres (984 ft) long (excluding pipe-laying apparatus)[3] and 96,000 tonnes (94,000 long tons; 106,000 short tons).[4] When fully operational she has a crew of 420,[4] a pipe carrying capacity of 22,000 tonnes and a pipe lay speed of more than 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) a day.[5] The ship is owned by the Allseas Group, a Dutch pipelaying and marine construction firm with their headquarters in Switzerland.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Solitaire (IMO: 7129049)". Vessel Tracker. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference miramar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Solitaire, one of the largest pipelay vessels in the world". Allseas. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Killybegs Giant ship boost". Donegal Post. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  5. ^ "Solitaire". Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  6. ^ Palmer, Andrew Clennel (2004). Subsea pipeline engineering. PennWell Books. p. 360. ISBN 978-1-59370-013-3.