AHTS Bourbon Dolphin sinking in the North Sea
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History | |
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Norway | |
Name | AHTS Bourbon Dolphin |
Owner | Bourbon Offshore Norway AS |
Builder | Ulstein Verft AS, Ulstein |
Launched | February 27, 2006 |
In service | 2006 |
Out of service | 2007 |
Identification | IMO number: 9351983 |
Fate | Foundered April 15, 2007 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Ulstein A102 AHTS |
Tonnage | 2,985 GT |
Length | 75.2 m (247 ft) |
Beam | 17 m (56 ft) |
Draught | 6.5 m (21 ft) (max) |
Propulsion | 4 × 3,000 kW at 750 rpm |
Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) (trial) |
Complement | 15 |
AHTS Bourbon Dolphin was an anchor handling tug supply vessel of Bourbon Offshore Norway. The ship capsized off the coast of Shetland on April 12, 2007, and sank three days later while preparations were being made to tow her to shore.