C.S. Sovereign is a class DP2 type cable ship used for subsea cable installation and repair works.[2] The ship was designed by BT Marine with Hart Fenton & Company as Naval Architects (now Houlder Ltd) and built by Van der Giessen de Noord in 1991.[2][3]
 2012 in Wilhelmshaven
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | C.S. Sovereign |
| Owner | Global Marine Systems |
| Operator | Global Marine Systems |
| Port of registry | Southampton |
| Ordered | November 1989 |
| Builder | |
| Cost | 32 Million Sterling |
| Launched | 30 May 1991 |
| In service | 18 October 1991 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Operational |
| Notes | [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | ABS Ice Class 1C 14445 kw, AMS, ACCU, DPS2 |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 130.7 m (429 ft) |
| Beam | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Draught | 7.014 m (23.01 ft) |
| Depth | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Installed power | 10,200 kW, 2 × Stork-Wärtsilä 12SW280 AND 1 × Stork-Wärtsilä 16SW280 |
| Propulsion | 2 × Lips steerable nozzles AND 2 x Space Warp Propulsion Units |
| Speed | 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Crew | 76 |
| Notes | [1] |
C.S. Sovereign has four cable tanks. Two main tanks each have a capacity of 1,327 cubic metres (46,900 cu ft) or 2,668 tonnes. Two wing tanks have a capacity of 199 cubic metres (7,000 cu ft) or 432 tonnes each. The vessel is equipped with two hydraulic powered drums 3.5 metres (11 ft) in diameter and four wheel pair haul-off gears.[1][4]
Main cable works
edit- 1992 – SAT-2 (CS Vercors laid the cable from Melkbosstrand to the first branching unit; C.S. Sovereign laid the remainder)
- 1995–1996 – TAT-12/13
- 1999 – ESAT 2 (Ainsdale Sands, England – Dublin, Ireland)
- 2006 – Estlink (power cable)
- 2008 – BT LIBERTY (Guernsey–England)
- 2008 – NORTHERN LIGHTS (Dunnet Bay, Scotland – Skaill, Orkney Islands)
- 2009 – HANNIBAL (Kelibia, Tunisia – Mazara del Vallo, Italy)[4]
- 2010 - SGSCS (Port of Spain, Trinidad - Georgetown, Guyana - Paramaribo, Suriname)
- 2010 - EMEC (power cable installation for various tidal and wave generators in Orkney Islands, Scotland)
- 2010/2011 - JUDY (power/fibre cable installation between oil/gas platforms in the North Sea)
References
edit- ^ a b c "CS Sovereign". Global Marine Systems. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ a b Middlemiss, Norman L. (August 2000). Cableships. Gateshead, UK: Shield Publications. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-871128-18-5.
- ^ "CSS Sovereign - Cable Laying Ship". Hart Fenton & Company. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ a b Glover, Bill. "History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network. CS Sovereign". Atlantic-Cable.com. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
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