5648 x 3608 px | 47,8 x 30,5 cm | 18,8 x 12 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
17 février 2018
Lieu:
Aberdeen Harbour, North Pier, Aberdeen, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
The new steel pilot launch, Sea Shepherd , built by Macduff Shipyards Ltd hasrecently completed trials and been delivered to Aberdeen, built to the order of Aberdeen Harbour Board . Designed by Murray Cormack and derived from their longer NorthBay 17 design, SeaShepherd is a single chine displacement hullform custom adapted to operate stern-to the seas while transferring a pilot off the North Sea port of Aberdeen and also to achieve a continuous service speed of 11.25 knots and a bollard pull of 6 tonnes. The steel displacement hulled vessel measures 15.25m LOA, beam 5.1m, draught 1.84m and was developed from larger Murray Cormack designed pilot launches for other ports in the north of Scotland. The vessel will work year round up to three miles offshore and will also be used for general harbour duties including pushing/ pulling larger vessels within the harbour confines and to transport crew personnel to and from ships anchored in the approaches to the harbour. A sweeping sheerline was used to facilitate the boarding of low freeboard vessels midships. The lines of the vessel were faired electronically by Maritime Lofting Services in Cramlington and the data transferred into kit form by the profiling division of Macduff Shipyards Limited. Fabrication and fitting out were completed under cover at the firm's base in Macduff, Aberdeenshire. The hull and superstructure was built under Lloyds Survey with scantlings in accordance with Lloyds Rules - 'Pilot', G2 service area, and a hull certificate provided. Code survey was undertaken by Pirie and Smith Ltd of Aberdeen, representing the Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and the vessel was issued with a Pilot Boat Certificate for category 6.
