MV Asterix

MV Asterix in July 2018
History
NameAsterix
Owner
  • Federal Fleet Services Inc. (as of October 2015)
  • Capital Ship Management (before October 2015)
OperatorCapital Ship Management (before October 2015)
Port of registry
BuilderLloyd Werft Wismar
Yard number147
Laid down21 October 2008
Launched27 January 2009
Completed1 May 2010
In service2010–2015
Out of serviceOctober 2015 – January 2018
Renamed
  • Amorito October 2010 – November 2013
  • Neermoor June–October 2010
  • Cynthia early 2010 – June 2010
Identification
StatusConverted to military supply ship by Davie Shipbuilding/Federal Fleet Services and leased to the Government of Canada
Canada
NameAsterix
Acquired2015
Commissioned6 March 2018
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics (as built)
TypeContainer ship
Tonnage
Length182.52 m (598 ft 10 in) oa[1]
Beam25.2 m (82 ft 8 in)
Draught9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Installed powerMAN 7S60 MC-C Mk8, 16,660 kW (22,340 hp)
Propulsion1 fixed propeller, 1 bow thruster
Speed20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)
Crew24
General characteristics (as converted)
TypeAuxiliary replenishment vessel
Displacement26,000 tonnes (full load)[4]
Length182.5 m (598 ft 9 in)[6]
Beam25.2 m (82 ft 8 in)[6]
Draught7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Propulsion1 engine[5] plus retractable bow thruster
Speed>20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range>10,000 nmi (19,000 km)[3]
Boats & landing
craft carried
Capacity
  • 400 tonnes (400 cubic metres (400,000 L))/day of fresh water[8]
  • F76 marine diesel: 10,497 m3 (10,497,000 L)
  • F44 aviation fuel: 1,332 m3 (1,332,000 L)[4]
Complement350 (HaDR)[4]
Crew150
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclones
Aviation facilitiesaft deck - 1 landing spot and 2 hangars capable of holding Chinook size helicopters.[3]

MV Asterix (formerly MS Asterix, MS Amorito, MS Neermoor and MS Cynthia) is a Canadian commercial container ship. It was purchased by Federal Fleet Services as part of Project Resolve, and was later converted into a supply ship for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). She is intended to act as an interim replacement between the out of service Protecteur-class replenishment oiler and the future Protecteur-class auxiliary vessel. Originally launched in Germany in 2010 as Cynthia, the ship was converted and delivered to the RCN in December 2017 when she will be leased to the navy with a merchant navy crew, complemented by RCN personnel. Asterix will be in Canadian service well into the 2020s.[9]

The ship was owned by Capital Ship Management of Greece and registered in Monrovia, Liberia.[10] The vessel was delivered at Quebec in October 2015 for conversion by a pan-consortium comprising Chantier Davie Canada,[11] Aecon Pictou Shipyard of Pictou, Nova Scotia and NavTech, the conversion designer.[12] The vessel is limited in her deployment to enter dangerous areas due to her lack of weapons systems and military-grade radars, and inability to survive combat damage.

  1. ^ M/V Miltiadis Junior III + M/V Amorito – 1700 TEU Container Vessels, Capital Ship Management Corporation
  2. ^ "Asterix Statistics". MarineTraffic. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference MAS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c d "Resolve Class AOR". federalfleet.ca. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Details for registered vessel ASTERIX (O.N. 839345)". Transport Canada - Vessel Registration. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Asterix (container ship)". fleetmon.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  7. ^ "The Royal Canadian Navy's new mothership sails, on time and to budget" (Press release). Canada Newswire. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Resolve-Class AOR" (Press release). Canada Newswire. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  9. ^ Pugliese, David (23 June 2016). "Canadian Navy's interim supply ship could be equipped to be able to take on disaster relief missions". National Post. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Asterix – 9348182 – Container ship". maritime-connector.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Canada's interim Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship MV Asterix has arrived in Levis". CNW. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  12. ^ "Project Resolve – Program". projectresolve.ca. Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.