Name Trentwood
Solitaire Port of registry Malta Completed 1972 Draft 18 m Beam 41 m | Owner Allseas Group Yard number 223 Length 300 m Launched 17 December 1971 | |
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Identification IMO Number 7129049
MMSI Number 351597000
Callsign 3ECI8 Builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
Solitaire was at the time of construction the world's largest pipe-laying ship at 300 metres (984 ft) long (excluding pipe-laying apparatus) and 96,000 tonnes (94,000 long tons; 106,000 short tons). When fully operational she has a crew of 420, a pipe carrying capacity of 22,000 tonnes and a pipe lay speed of more than 9 km a day.
![Solitaire (ship) Solitaire IMO 7129049 Callsign 3ECI8 ShipSpottingcom Ship](https://alchetron.com/cdn/solitaire-ship-2e275f29-80e4-4aec-987a-3a10488a078-resize-750.jpeg)
It was built in 1972 as a bulk carrier and launched under the name Trentwood by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at their shipyard in Hiroshima, Japan, and later converted to a pipe-laying vessel between 1996 and 1998 at Swan Hunter Shipyard on Tyneside in England. The ship is owned by the Allseas Group, a Dutch pipelaying and marine construction firm with their headquarters in Switzerland.
![Solitaire (ship) Vessel details for SOLITAIRE Pipe Layer IMO 7129049 MMSI](https://alchetron.com/cdn/solitaire-ship-0ff074b6-2a04-41e3-ac89-2ad4a08bad7-resize-750.jpeg)
![Solitaire (ship) Solitaire Allseas](https://alchetron.com/cdn/solitaire-ship-54344b21-c1c9-41f2-8d04-bb5e4e253be-resize-750.jpg)
![Solitaire (ship) Solitaire Allseas](https://alchetron.com/cdn/solitaire-ship-762d5806-ca2c-40dd-a195-6cbd725edba-resize-750.jpg)
![Solitaire (ship) Allseas Solitaire Largest pipe laying ship in the world Details](https://alchetron.com/cdn/solitaire-ship-bb24282f-f441-444d-8307-b5ee3fdffe7-resize-750.jpeg)
References
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