Fincantieri with support of "Brattvaag Skipsverft AS" now VARD by Fincantieri [1]
Yard number
101
Launched
19 December 2002
Completed
23 April 2003
Acquired
October 2022
Identification
IMO number: 9268629
MMSI number: 235102789
Callsign: 2HDR6
Status
laid up since 9/2020 (as at 4/2021)
General characteristics
Type
Research vessel
Tonnage
3,371 GT
Length
76.45 m (250 ft 10 in)
Beam
15 m (49 ft 3 in)
Draft
7.465 m (24 ft 5.9 in)
Crew
20 marine crew and 10 project crew
RV Petrel, or R/V Petrel (IMO: 9268629, MMSI: 235102789),[2][3] is a 76.45 m (250.8 ft) research vessel sailing under the UK flag and owned by the United States Navy and once owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The ship is named after the petrel, a sea bird. The ship was completed by Brattvaag Skipsverft, Norway in 2003 as the deepwater offshore inspection vessel Seaway Petrel for service with Stolt Offshore.[1] She was later renamed Acergy Petrel, then Seven Petrel with Subsea 7.[4]
In 2016, the ship was purchased by Allen, renamed Petrel and converted for deep-submergence research and archeology. Over two dozen wrecks were explored and recorded between 2017 and 2020, when the ship was laid up. In October 2022, she was purchased by the United States Navy's Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, for operation under Oceaneering International management.[5]
^ ab"Seaway Petrel (04/2003)". Maritimt Magasin (in Norwegian). 10 April 2003.
RVPetrel, or R/V Petrel (IMO: 9268629, MMSI: 235102789), is a 76.45 m (250.8 ft) research vessel sailing under the UK flag and owned by the United States...
Since 2015, Allen funded the research ship RVPetrel, which he purchased in 2016. The project team aboard Petrel was responsible for locating the Japanese...
hull was located on the ocean floor northwest of Midway Island. In 2019, RVPetrel discovered her wreck on the ocean floor. Kaga was laid down as a Tosa-class...
of Furutaka was discovered on 25 February 2019 by the research vessel, RVPetrel in 600 metres (2,000 ft) of water. The ship rests in two pieces with the...
Lines 2002 – MS Oosterdam (82,000 GT) for Holland America Line 2003 – RVPetrel (3,371 GT) for Uksnoy & Co A/S 2003 – Carnival Glory (110,000 GT) for...
On 25 November 2017, Paul Allen and his crew aboard the research ship RVPetrel, discovered the wreck of Yamashiro and confirmed her identity. The ship...
come from the upper hangar deck of Kaga. The crew of the research vessel RVPetrel, in conjunction with the U.S. Navy, announced on 18 October 2019 that...
that the vessel's licence had expired. The wreck of Vector was found by RVPetrel on December 19, 2019. She lies upright at a depth of 500 meters. Doña...
early December 2017 by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's research vessel RVPetrel 869 ft (265 m) below the surface of Ormoc Bay. She was found to be heavily...
February 2019, Paul Allen's exploration ship RVPetrel announced the discovery of Hiei. According to Petrel, the main body of Hiei now lies upside down...
years before. In early December 2017, Ward's wreckage was located by RVPetrel in 686 ft (209 m) of water. In the movie Tora! Tora! Tora!, Ward was portrayed...
ship, RVPetrel 827 ft (252 m) below the surface of Ormoc Bay. Sturton, p. 195 Whitley, p. 203 Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 150 Campbell, p. 192 "Rv Petrel"...
that forced the ship to be scuttled; however the 2019 discovery by the RVPetrel of the wreck of the Chōkai with her torpedoes intact disproved this theory...
or images obtained. A further expedition to the wreck by Paul Allen's RVPetrel in January 2019 provided detailed information on both the damage received...
tribute. In December 2017, a Paul Allen expedition aboard the research ship RVPetrel pinpointed the wreck of Cooper, and conclusively confirmed her identity...
3rd Destroyer squadron were killed. Niizuki's wreck was discovered by RVPetrel in January 2019. She sits upright in 745 meters (2,444 feet) of water...
the navy list on 20 December 1944. On 19 April 2019, researchers aboard RVPetrel announced they had located the wreck of Maya in around 1,850 m (6,070 ft)...
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