Alert (ship, 2006)

Alert

Ship data flag United Kingdom Ship type Multipurpose ship Callsign MLPH9 home port London Shipping company Trinity House Shipyard Remontowa , Danzig Launch October 11, 2005 takeover April 10, 2006

Ship dimensions and crew length 39.3 m ( Lüa ) 34.2 m ( Lpp ) width 8.0 m Draft Max. 2.7 m measurement 302 GT   crew 6 + 4

Machine system machine 2 x Caterpillar - marine diesel engines Machine performance 2,984 kW (4,057 hp) Top speed 17 kn (31 km / h) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Furnishing Ship crane Palfinger with max. 3.5 t WLL Dinghy Rigid inflatable boat Maneuvering aids Cross-thrust control system Dynamic positioning Others 88 m² working deck Bollard pull 28 tbp

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register Registration numbers IMO 9338618

The Alert is a rapid intervention vessel ( English Rapid Intervention Vessel ) of the Trinity House . The prefix of the ship's name is THV and stands for Trinity House Vessel .

General

The alert was commissioned on March 11, 2004, together with the two multi-purpose vessels NLV Pharos and THV Galatea , from Remontowa in Gdansk . The order volume for the three ships was £ 38 million . The new building was built on the belonging to Remontowa Northern Shipyard and ran there on 11 October 2005 from the stack . One day after its delivery on April 10, 2006, the Alert started its transfer trip to Harwich , the headquarters of Trinity House. The ship is stationed on the south-east coast of England in order to be able to react immediately to shipping accidents in the English Channel and the Strait of Dover .

Furnishing

The Alert is primarily equipped for the search for wrecks . With a hull sonar , a side view sonar and echo sounders , a sunken ship or lost cargo can be located and measured. For the subsequent designation of the accident site, a hazard sea mark is always carried. The working deck with a ship's crane , the dynamic positioning , a towing gear and additional accommodation for four people also make the ship universally applicable, for example as a buoy laying ship or survey ship .

Is driven, the alert of two Caterpillar - marine diesel engines , with each 1,492  kW power on two KaMeWa - pitch propellers act. The cruising speed is 15  knots , with a maximum of 17 knots.

Web links

Commons : THV Alert  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ship information , Trinity House
• THV Alert ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Trinity House (PDF file, 416 kB)
• Specifications , Trinity House (PDF file, 869 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Delivery of Rapid Intervention Vessel Alert built by Remontowa SA for Trinity House ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Remontowa.
2. ↑ Putting the buoys in ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), East Coast Sailing, August 2011 (PDF file, 747 kB).