Cable layer ILE DE RE seen berthed at Aotea Quay in Wellington, New Zealand. 24/01/2017

ILE DE RE was initially built as a roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel in 1982, and was later converted into a cable layer in 2002.

ILE DE RE was recently involved in laying the Tasman Global Access cable from Narrabeen Beach in Sydney, Australia to Ngarunui Beach in Raglan, New Zealand. The 2,300 km long cable connects New Zealand to the five main international cable systems currently serving Australia.

ILE DE RE

1982-1991: GLEICHBERG
1991-1994: CITY OF DUBLIN
1994-1999: GLEICHBERG
1999-2002: PREROW
2002-Present: ILE DE RE

Type: Cable Layer - ex Ro-Ro Cargo Vessel
Flag: France | Port of Registry: Marseille | Call Sign: FPJC
IMO: 8200278 | MMSI: 226337000
Owner: Alda Marine - Suresnes, France | Manager: Louis Dreyfus Armateurs - Suresnes, France
Charterer: Alcatel Lucent - Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Year Built: 1982 | Country of Build: Germany | Builder: Mathias-Thesen | Location of Yard: Wismar
Keel Laid: 01.01.1981 | Launch Date: 24.10.1981 | Date of Completion: 27.07.1982
GT: 14,091 | NT: 4,307 | DWT: 5,378
LOA: 143.4 m | Length (bow to bridge): 62.3 m | Breadth: 23.3 m | Depth: 14.6 m | Draught: 7.22 m
Accommodation: Single Cabins: 40 | Double Cabins: 10
Cable Tank Capacity: Six cable tanks with a capacity of 4,691 tons of cable.
Repeater Storage: 2 x 20
Cable Machinery: Drum Cable Engine - 2 x 25 tonnes with cable diverter, Hydralift DOHB Linear Cable Engines
2 x DOHB 6T - Hydralift 6WP Transporters - 3 x DOHB 2T - Hydralift 2 WP
Type of Plough: SMD - ALPHA Plough
Type of ROV: 1 LD Travocean ROVJET 402 | Total Power: 300 kW | Max. Rating Depth: 2,500 m
Cable Laying Software: MakaiLay and WinFrog
Dynamic Positioning: ALSTOM ADP 22
Main Engines: 2 x 12-cyl. four-stroke diesel engines (12VD48/42AL-2) | Power Output: 10,590 kW (14,398 hp)
Power Generation: 2 x 2925 kW Wärtsilä + 2 x 1440 kW Wärtsilä
Propellers: 2 x controllable pitch propellers | Diameter: 3400 mm
Thrusters: 2 x Lips 1,500 kW bow thrusters, 2 x Lips 1,500 kW aft thrusters
Speed: 15 knots

Sister Ships (Type RO-15):

CARIBBEAN CARRIER - IMO: 8306565..................................Broken Up: Alang, India. 30.12.2010
RG 1 - IMO: 8306577.............................................................Broken Up: Grenaa, Denmark. 18.02.2013
FAST INDEPENDENCE - IMO: 8306589..................................Broken Up: Aliaga, Turkey. 26.05.2010
LODBROG - IMO: 8306591.....................................................Converted to cable-laying ship. 2001