CS SOVEREIGN (UK)
Built in 1991 by Van de Geiessen-de Noordm, Netherlands
IMO Number 8918629
Call Sign MNNU8
Port of Registry Southampton (British)
Length Overall 130.70 metres (inc. gantry)
Length Between Perpendiculars 116.68 metres
Breadth Moulded 21.00 metres
Depth Moulded (to Deck 4) 13.00 metres
Designed Draft 7.014 metres
Deadweight 7417 tonnes
Summer Draft 2.508 metres
Gross Registered Tonnage 11242 tonnes
Net Registered Tonnage 3372 tonnes
CS Sovereign is a multi-role DP2 vessel capable of undertaking both cable maintenance and installation projects. Her open deck enables her to deploy a variety of sub-sea vehicles. Equipped with powerful trenching/work class ROV and a 35 tonne A-frame, the vessel can be utilised for a wide range of Subsea tasks.
Stationed at Portland, UK, CS Sovereign provides repair and maintenance services to submarine cable systems in the Atlantic Ocean. She has a storage capacity of some 2800 cubic metres and a load capacity of 6,200 tonnes.
The CS Sovereign transited through the Kiel Canal enroute to the Denmark-Russia 1 cable ground - February 21, 2008.
Follow this link for full details of the ship’s specifications: http://www.globalmarinesystems.com/imag ... ereign.pdf
Details supplied by PETER CRICHTON