Union Princess - IMO 9242766

Name

UNION PRINCESS

Previous names

2002 - 10/2012 Anglian Princess

Type

AHTS - Anchor Handling Tug / Offshore supply vessel

IMO-number

9242766

Registration number

02 00048 2012

Call sign

ORQU

Flag

Belgium

Port of registry

Antwerpen

Previous flags

2002 - 10.2012 United Kingdom - Call sign: ZNUW3

11/10/2012 - 24/10/2012 Bahamas - Call sign: C6AE4

GT

2.258 t

DWT

Summer: 1.890 t

NT

677 t

Length

67,41 m

Breadth

15,55 m

Draught

Summer: 6,20 m

Depth

7,50 m moulded

Speed

Max.: 15,9 knots

Service: 11,0 knots

Built

2002

Keel laid

07/2001

Launch date

20/08/2001

Date of completion

18/07/2002

Builder

CIMC Raffles Offshore

Yantai

China

Yard number

YRF2001-127

Hull material

Steel

Number of decks

1

Main engine

2x Wärtsilä 16V32LND - 16 cylinder combustion engines 16.500 bhp / 12.000 kW

Propellers

2x Controllable pitch propellers in fixed nozzles

Bow thrusters

2x Electrically driven 9,0 t / 588 kW each

Stern thruster

1x Rolls Royce Ulstein ISOTV 1electrically driven 8,0 t / 660 kW

Bollard pull

180 t

Deck load capacity

Deck cargo: 700 t

Deck length: 27,30 m

Deck breadth: 12,60 m

Deck space: 344 m²

Deck equipment

2x 10,0 t hydraulic tugger winches

2x 10,0 t hydraulic capstans aft

180 m³ chain lockers

2x Spray booms with 5,0 t tank for dispersant

1x Fast rescue boat

Towing and anchor-handling

• Anchoring system Brattvag windlass with two cable lifters of 38 mm chain, two mooring drums and two warping ends

• 2x Spek anchors each with 460 m stud link chain.

• Triple drum Brattvag 300 t hydraulic winch with 450 t brake holding

• Each drum capable of holding 1.500 m towing wire

• Each anchor-handling drum capable of holding 2x 1.200 m x 76 mm

• With non-declutchable 3,25 cable lifters port and starboard

• Main tow wire: 1.500 m x 76 mm

• Spare tow wire: 1.500 m x 76 mm on powered reel

• Powered reel with spare tow wire

• Karm forks rated at 500 t

• Stern roller 500 t SWL

Fire fighting system

FiFi 1 - 2x Skum SFP 250 x 350 pumps each delivering 1.200 m³h through combined water/foam monitors,

situated port and starboard with remote control

Fire detection system

Minerva Model t890, repeater located in engineer control room

Tank capacities

Potable water: 420 m³

Fuel: 1.400 m³

Delivery pumps rated at 100 m³/h

Lifting equipment

1x Deck crane - SWL 3,0 t at 15,00 m

Accommodation

14x Single cabins all with private facilities

3x Double cabins with private facilities

1x Hospital

1x Ships office

1x Reception / meeting room

1x Crews lounge

Fully air conditioned

Crew

12

Navigation & communication equipment

• Joystick control system: Rolls Royce POSCON Model P450 fully integrated with 3 control positions

• Autopilot: Anschuetz Nautopilot NP 2040

• Gyrocompass: Anschuetz standard 20 plus (GM)

• Radars: 2x Furuno x Band 2817 ARPA

• DGPS: Furuno x 2 GP80

• Echosounder: Furuno FE700 with repeater at aft control consul

• Speedlog: Furuno DS80

• Anemometer: Nunotani 4PN

• Nunotani 4PN: Furuno FAX214

• Navtex: Furuno NX50

• ECDIS: Furuno EC1000

• Video plotter: Furuno EC1000

• SSB transceiver furuno: FS-1562-25

• DSC: Furuno DSC-60

• VHF: Furuno 2 x FM850, 1 x FM8700

• GMDSS handheld VHF: McMurdo R2 handheld UHF sets for general communication

• AIS: Skanti 2100

• LRIT: Furuno Felcom 12

Manager

Smit Transport Belgium

Antwerpen

Belgium

&

SMIT Vessel Management Services BV

Rotterdam

The Netherlands

Operator

Boskalis Westminster N.V.

Papendrecht

The Netherlands

Owner

Smit Shipping Singapore Pte., Ltd.

23 Gul Road

Republic of Singapore

Previous owners

2002 - 10/2012 Anglian Princess - Flag: United Kingdom, Call sign: ZNUW3 - J.P. Knight Lowestoft Ltd., U.K

Sister ships

Union sovereign

Renames

2020 Princess

Belgium - Call sign: ORQU

Owner: Smit Shipping Singapore Pte.

Manager: Boskalis Offshore Transport, Antwerp - Belgium

Last update

25 October 2021