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Thursday 24 April 2014

Dutch heavy lift vessel Blue Marlin 1999-



Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 24 October 2016

Curacao-flagged, IMO 9186338, MMSI 306589000 and callsign PJFM. Gross tonnage 51.821 tons, summer deadweight 76.061 tons and as dimensions 206,64 (between perpendiculars)-224,80 (over all original)-224,8 (over all after rebuilding x 42 (before rebuilding)-63 (moulded after rebuilding) x 10,1 (summer)-10,24 (maximum)-28,40 (submerged) x 13,30 (depth) metres. Rebuilt in the second half of 2003.Speed 13,0-14,5 knots. She was used by the USN to transport the damaged USS Cole from Aden back to the USA. Laid down at the CSBC Corporation shipyard, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, launched on 2 December 1999 and commissioned on 25 April 2000 by Offshore Heavy Transport, Oslo, Norway. Sister ship Black Marlin. Both ships were on 6 June 1891 taken over by Dockwise Shipping BV, Breda, Netherlands.