The Sovereign is a large sea-going tugboat owned and operated by Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V.[citation needed]
 Union Sovereign at Scalloway in 2008
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| History | |
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| Name | Union Sovereign |
| Owner | Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V |
| Operator | Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V |
| Port of registry | Antwerp |
| Yard number | wa |
| Christened | 27 August 2003 |
| Homeport | Antwerp |
| Identification | |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,258 GT[2] |
| Length | 67.4 metres (221 ft)[2] |
| Beam | 15.5 metres (51 ft)[2] |
| Draught | 6.2 metres (20 ft)[2] |
| Installed power | 2 × Wärtsilä 16V32LND, 16,400 horsepower (12,200 kW) total[2] |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)[2] |
| Notes | Bollard pull 180 tonnes[2] |
The vessel is powered by conventional propulsion and was built as a multi-purpose anchor handling tug supply vessel.[3] It was christened on 27 August 2003 as Anglian Sovereign.[2] The vessel was part of the fleet of Emergency Towing Vessels that operated on behalf of the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency.[4]
On 3 September 2005, Union Sovereign ran aground off Oxna island in the Scalloway Islands while conducting hydrographic surveys. No injuries occurred but the vessel lost approximately 84 tonnes of gas oil and was severely damaged. A 2006 official report found that the shipmaster's consumption of alcohol and several other negligences on board had been the cause of the incident.[3]
In 2007, ownership transferred to JP Knight, which purchased the initial owner, Klyne Tugs of Lowestoft.[5]
Notable operations edit
- Towing MSC Flaminia in July 2012
References edit
- ^ a b c "Anglian Sovereign (IMO: 9262742)". vesseltracker.com. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Anglian Sovereign is Christened at Lowestoft". Maritime Journal. 1 September 2003. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Report on the investigation of the grounding of UK registered emergency towing vessel Union Sovereign near the island of Oxna, in the Shetland Islands, 3 September 2005" (PDF). Marine Accident Investigation Branch. June 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Three-month extension' for Scotland's coastguard tugs". BBC News. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ Gaston, Jack (15 March 2010). "Lowestoft tug fleet changes livery and title". Maritime Journal. Archived from the original on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
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