Name Sovereign Operator Global Marine Systems Cost 32 Million Sterling Draft 7.01 m | Owner Global Marine Systems Ordered November 1989 Length 131 m Builder Van der Giessen de Noord | |
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Port of registry Southampton, the United Kingdom | ||
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CS Sovereign is a class DP2 type cable ship used for subsea cable installation and repair works. The ship was designed by BT Marine with Hart Fenton & Company as Naval Architects (now Houlder Ltd) and built by Van der Giessen de Noord in 1992.
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CS Sovereign has four cable tanks. Two main tanks have capacity of 1,327 cubic metres (46,900 cu ft) or 2,668 tonnes each. Two wing tanks have capacity of 199 cubic metres (7,000 cu ft) or 432 tonnes each. The vessel is equipped with two hydraulic powered drums with 3.5 metres (11 ft) in diameter and four wheel pair haul-off gears.
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