Built as a double hulled drillship under yard No. 275 by Ast. y Talleres del Noroeste S.A. (Astano), Ferrol, Spain for Transocean Inc. (Transocean Offshore Inc.), Panama.
14 March 1997 keel laid down.
Launched under the name DISCOVERER ENTERPRISE.
Tonnage 63.190 gross, 18.958 net., dwt. 69.500, dim. 254.4 x 38 x 19m.
Powered by 2 Wärtsila 12V32 diesel engines, 13.214 bhp., speed 15 knots.
She can be dynamically positioned via six 5.000Kw. (each) Azimuthing thrusters, three at the bow and three aft.
Has a oil storage capacity of 125.000 barrels.
Accommodation for 200 persons.
Fitted out with a heli-deck suitable for Chinook 234 helicopters.
01 August 1998 delivered to owners.
Final outfitting was completed at the Ingalls Shipyard in Mississipi, USA.
After delivery chartered by BP Amoco for five years.
This massive multi-purpose ship, the first of a three ship series ever built deep water drilling ship.
It can drill, tests and complete wells in water depth of up to 10.000 feet.
She can still work with a wave height of 13 meters, and when conditions are going bad can disconnect risers quickly before moving to an other location
For more info on this vessel see the following URL’s
http://www.deepwater.com/DiscovererEnterprise.cfm
http://www.ship-tecnology.com/projects/discoverer
August 1998 owned by Transocean Enterprise.
November 2000 owned by Transocean International.
October 2004 owned by Transocean Offshore.
February 2005 owned by Triton Hungary Asset Management LLC, Hungary, and managed by Transocean Offshore Enterprise Houston, USA. At that time transferred from Panama flag and registry to Marshall Islands registry with homeport Majuro.
http://www.equasis.org gives for 2008 same owner and managed by same company. IMO No. 9186792
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Source: the two given web-sites. DNV Exchange on line, and Equasis.