Pharos (ship)

Pharos

Ship data flag United Kingdom Ship type Multipurpose ship Callsign GNLB home port Oban Owner Williams & Glyn's Leasing Company Shipping company Northern Lighthouse Board Shipyard Remontowa, Danzig Launch February 3, 2006 Commissioning March 2007

Ship dimensions and crew length 84.25 m ( Lüa ) width 16.50 m Draft Max. 4.25 m measurement 3672 GT ; 1101 NRZ   crew 18 + 12

Machine system machine Diesel-electric drive Machine performance 3,000 kW (4,079 hp) Top speed 13.5 kn (25 km / h) propeller 2 ×  propeller pods

Furnishing Ship crane 1 × Liebherr with max. 30 t WLL Maneuvering aids Cross-thrust control system Dynamic positioning Others 300 m² working deck Helipad Bollard pull 37.5 tbp Moonpool

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register of Shipping Registration numbers IMO 9338606

The Pharos is a multi-purpose vessel owned by the Northern Lighthouse Board . The prefix of the ship name is NLV and stands for Northern Lighthouse Vessel .

Pharos (I-IX)

The name Pharos comes from the Alexandria lighthouse and is a traditional name for ships operated by the Scottish Lighthouse Authority. The first Pharos was a wooden sloop and in service from 1799 to 1810. This was followed by buoy , lighthouse tender and a light vessel with this name.

The ninth Pharos entered service in 1999 and was sold to Byron Marine Limited in the Falkland Islands on September 8, 2006 . She is chartered as Pharos SG ( IMO 9041265) and fisheries protection ship to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands .

Pharos (X)

The tenth Pharos for the Northern Lighthouse Board was built at the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk and put into service in March 2007. She is the sister ship of THV Galatea . The Pharos has a diesel-electric drive consisting of five Wärtsilä - diesel generators (3 x 1440 kW, 2 × 720 kW), two Rolls-Royce - azimuth thruster each to 1500 kW and two cross beam control systems , each with 750 kW.

A large working deck with a ship's crane , a helicopter landing pad on the forecastle , spaces for standard containers , additional accommodation for twelve people and the dynamic positioning make the ship universally applicable, for example as a buoy laying tender , lighthouse tender or survey ship .

Web links

Commons : NLV Pharos  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• NLV Pharos. Northern Lighthouse Board, accessed November 19, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NLB Ships through time… Northern Lighthouse Board, accessed November 19, 2014 (English). 
2. ^ New Fishery Patrol Ship for South Georgia. MercoPress, September 9, 2006, accessed November 19, 2014 .