Union Sovereign

Union Sovereign

Ship data flag  Bahamas other ship names Anglian Sovereign Ship type Recovery tugs / anchor handling tugs Callsign C6AF2 home port Nassau Shipping company Smit Internationale Shipyard Yantai Raffles Shipyard, China Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 67.4 m ( Lüa ) 57.2 m ( Lpp ) width 15.5 m Draft Max. 6.2 m measurement 2263 BRZ / 678 ​​NRZ   crew 11

Machine system machine 2 × diesel engine ( Wärtsilä 16V32 LND) Machine performance 12,000 kW (16,315 hp) Top speed 17 kn (31 km / h) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers in fixed Kort nozzles

Transport capacities Load capacity 1890 dw

Furnishing Bollard pull 182 tons

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register of Shipping Registration numbers IMO no. : 9262742

The Union Sovereign is an approximately 67 meter long sea rescue tug of the type UT 719-T designed by Rolls-Royce Ulstein.

history

The ship was built in 2003 as the Anglian Sovereign for the British company Klyne Tugs based in Lowestoft . As for the sister ship Anglian Princess , the building yard was the Chinese Yantai Raffles Shipyard. The ship, which operated under the flag of the United Kingdom, was stationed in the port of Lerwick and served as an emergency tug for the sea area of ​​the Orkneys and Shetlands .

In 2012 the ship was sold to Smit Internationale and brought under the flag of the Bahamas .

Technology and equipment

The ship is of two 16-cylinder Diesel engines of the type Wärtsilä 32 with a power of 12,000  kW driven, the gearbox via two in fixed Kort nozzles current pitch propeller act. The ship also has two electrically operated transverse thruster systems in the bow (588 kW each) and another in the stern (660 kW).

The deck structure is located in the front area of ​​the ship. There are 14 single and three double cabins on board as well as u. a. a hospital and office and common rooms are available. Behind the deck structure there are various winches and the deck crane with a lifting capacity of 3 t, as well as a 344 m² working deck that can be loaded with a maximum of 5 t / m² or a maximum of 10 t / m² behind frame 23.

Known missions

The ship was used in July 2012 in the wreck of the container ship MSC Flaminia .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} JP Knight: JP Knight - Anglian Sovereign. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 11, 2011 ; Retrieved June 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ ^{A b} Trade Winds: Union Sovereign (Ex: Anglian Sovereign). Retrieved October 8, 2012 . 
3. ^ Maritime Journal, November 1, 2002: 'Anglian Princess' - the Most Powerful Yet for Klyne. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 21, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ Anglian Sovereign is Christened at Lowestoft ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Maritime Journal, September 1, 2003.

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