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Description:
Type: Platform Supply Vessel
In service: 1982 - 2011
Owner: Motorship Oil Express BV (Vroon BV) - Breskens; in January 1990 Port Vila; in April 1996 "Motor Vessel Oil Express BV (Telco Marine) - Kingstown; in 2002 Oil Express Inc. (Telco Marine) - Monrovia; on 12/15/2004 Offshore Support Vessels I BV - Monrovia
Built: delivered June 1972
Shipyard: Shipyard "Waterhuisen" NV J.Pattje - Waterhuizen
Construction number: 296
Dimensions: 53.17 x 49.31 x 11.49 x 5.52 x 3.77 m
Tonnage: 499 GRT
Call signal: P.G.L.Z./ Y.J.Y.M.7./ J.8.Q.J.5./ A.8.A.E.3.
Lloyds/IMO: 7214753
Machines: 2x four-stroke 6 cylinder Industry type 6D7.HDN each coupled to an adjustable propeller; 2x four-stroke 4 cylinder Caterpillar each coupled to a generator 170 kW/440 V/60 Hz; 1x four-stroke 4 cylinder Caterpillar on 1 generator 56 kW/440 V/60 Hz; 300 apk bow thruster
Power: 2,100 apk; 1,368kW; 2,420 ipk
Speed: 11.5 knots
Purchased: March 1982 as SPRINGFIELD from Hudner Shipping Associates III (Arvid Bergvall Jr. & Co.A/S - Stavanger) - Panama
Sold: On 11/25/2011 at 5:00 PM as ESL EXPRESS to Eagle Shipping Ltd.(Triton Shipping A/B) - Kingstown
Details: From 1972 - 1981 as WEST EAGLE of I/S Norway Supply Ships (Peder Smedvig) - Stavanger.
Converted in 1990 in Ostend to Safety Stand By Vessel.
Converted to Dive Support Vessel in 1998.
Converted to Shallow Water Cable Repair and Maintenance Vessel in April 2001.
On 29-02-2012 as WIND EXPRESS to Wind Express Shipping GmbH & Co.KG (Hempel Shipping GmbH) - Kingstown.
On 05-08-2015 collided with the ferry MECKLENBURG VORPOMMERN near Warnemünde and with considerable damage to Rostock.
On 05-11-2020 as SEA EYE 4 to NGO Seaeye eV (United4Rescue) – Regensburg.
On 18.01.2021 as owner Sea-eye4 GmbH (GRS Rohden Shipping GmbH & Co.KG) – Regensburg.
Former name(s):
- Wind Express (Until 2021 Jan)
- Esl Express (Until 2012 Feb)
- Oil Express (Until 2011 Dec)
- Springfield (Until 1982 Jan)
- West Eagle (Until 1981 Jan)
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