Stemat Spirit

The Spirit is a cable laying vessel (CLV). She is owned by Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V.. She is a Bureau Veritas Hull Mach AUT UMS Dynapos AM/AT R Special Service Workboat Class.

Not to be confused with MS Stena Spirit.

Spirit cabling in Halfmoon bay, Heysham
History
Name: Spirit
Owner: Boskalis, Netherlands
Operator: Boskalis
Port of registry: Limassol
Ordered: 2009
Launched: 6 March 2010
Commissioned: 2010
Identification: IMO number: 9496458
General characteristics
Tonnage: 4,102 gt
Length: 90.0 m
Beam: 28 m
Draught: 3.2 m
Installed power: 2 × Caterpillar 3512HD
Propulsion:
  • Stern thrusters: 2 x HPR 6111 Azimuth 1140 kW
  • Bow thruster: 2 x Caterpillar 3512B
Speed: 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Capacity: 60

The vessel has a 6-point mooring system (using her DP2 system). The vessel can also be beached, allowing her to do cable work onshore, she uses the Hi-plough, which is the latest in marine technology, allowing a deeper burial for the cable.

The Spirit has been used in a number of wind farm projects in the United Kingdom since 2010, the first of the offshore wind farms was Walney Wind Farm, which is separated into two units, Walney 1 + 2, also there was the London Array and West of Duddon Sands. The Spirit beached approximately 750m south of Heysham Port to lay the export cable for DONG Energy (26 & 27 June 2010). The export cable was pulled ashore in a joint effort between VolkerInfra, CM&I Marine and VBMS.

In 2013 the vessel was featured in a season 7 episode of the Canadian TV documentary series Mighty Ships.[1]

References
  1. "Mighty Ships Episodes". Discovery.ca. Bell Media Television. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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