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MV Solo

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Solo in Glasgow
History
NameSmit Houston
OwnerSmit International
Port of registryRotterdam,  Netherlands
BuilderVerolme scheepswerf, Heusden
Yard number935
Launched11 December 1976
Completed12 May 1977
NameSolo
OperatorGreenpeace
Port of registryRotterdam,  Netherlands
Acquired1990
Out of service1995
NameWaker
Port of registryRotterdam,  Netherlands
Acquired1995
Out of service2009
Identification
FateScrapped in 2009
General characteristics
Class and typeLR 100 A1 tug X LMC-Oceangoing service
Tonnage2167 Gt
Length67.50 m
Beam14.55 m
Draught6.234 m
PropulsionTwo main Gasoil, TM 410 C 6-cylinder line engine with turbocharger
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • 1 Hooley 300 bhp Volvo Penta Hamilton Jet.
  • 3 Avon D465 RIB
Capacity44

The MV Solo was a Greenpeace ship from 1990 to 1995, originally built in 1977 as an ocean tug called the Smit Houston. Greenpeace updated the ship with a helipad as well as veterinary and laboratory facilities. In 1995 she was chartered by a company working with the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management for use as a salvage vessel. At this time the ship was renamed as the ETV Waker. On 7 September 2009, a fire starting in the engine room so seriously damaged the vessel that she was scrapped.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 3 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Kustwacht ETV". Fire-rescue.nl. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
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