THOR (ship, 1981)

THOR

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type Oil spill ship Callsign DLIC home port Wilhelmshaven Owner Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation Shipyard C. Lühring shipyard , Brake (Unterweser) Launch October 1981

Ship dimensions and crew length 34.71 m ( Lüa ) width 8.22 m Draft Max. 2.50 m   crew Captain Heinz Theo Harms from January 2, 2001 to January 31, 2020

Machine system machine 2 × diesel engines (Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, SBA 6 M 816) Machine performance 486 kW (661 hp) Top speed 9 kn (17 km / h) propeller 2 × rudder propellers

Furnishing Cargo pumps 2 cargo pumps with a pumping capacity of 50 m³ per hour each Cargo tank 280 m³

Others Classifications Germanic Lloyd Registration numbers IMO 8016914

The THOR (“Twin Hull Oil Recovery Ship”) is an oil collection ship of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN), North-Norderney. The ship is available to the emergency command in the event of an oil spill .

history

The ship was built in 1981 under the construction number 8006 at the C. Lühring shipyard in Brake (Unterweser) . The keel was laid in January and the launch in October 1981. The ship was completed in November of that year.

Technical specifications

The folding ship is powered by two six - cylinder four - stroke diesel engines with an output of 243  kW each, which act via gears on two rudder propellers at the stern of the ship. Two more cone jets are in the bow area. This significantly supports the opening and closing of the halves of the ship for combating oil.

Oil absorption

Both halves of the ship can be opened up to 65 degrees from the bow to absorb oil . This creates an open triangle with a 31 m collection width in which the oil collects. At a working speed of one knot , the oil is pushed through weir openings in the two halves of the ship and transported into the cargo tanks by separators with the cargo pumps. The amount of oil absorbed depends on the viscosity and the layer thickness.

Web links

Commons : THOR  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Oil combat ship "THOR" , leaflet from the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation