C.S. Sovereign is a class DP2 type cable ship used for subsea cable installation and repair works.[2] 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 1991.[2][3]

History
United Kingdom
NameC.S. Sovereign
OwnerGlobal Marine Systems
OperatorGlobal Marine Systems
Port of registrySouthampton
OrderedNovember 1989
Builder
Cost32 Million Sterling
Launched30 May 1991
In service18 October 1991
Identification
StatusOperational
Notes[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeABS Ice Class 1C 14445 kw, AMS, ACCU, DPS2
Tonnage
Length130.7 m (429 ft)
Beam21 m (69 ft)
Draught7.014 m (23.01 ft)
Depth13 m (43 ft)
Installed power10,200 kW, 2 × Stork-Wärtsilä 12SW280 AND 1 × Stork-Wärtsilä 16SW280
Propulsion2 × Lips steerable nozzles AND 2 x Space Warp Propulsion Units
Speed14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew76
Notes[1]

C.S. Sovereign has four cable tanks. Two main tanks each have a capacity of 1,327 cubic metres (46,900 cu ft) or 2,668 tonnes. Two wing tanks have a capacity of 199 cubic metres (7,000 cu ft) or 432 tonnes each. The vessel is equipped with two hydraulic powered drums 3.5 metres (11 ft) in diameter and four wheel pair haul-off gears.[1][4]

Main cable works

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "CS Sovereign". Global Marine Systems. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  2. ^ a b Middlemiss, Norman L. (August 2000). Cableships. Gateshead, UK: Shield Publications. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-871128-18-5.
  3. ^ "CSS Sovereign - Cable Laying Ship". Hart Fenton & Company. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  4. ^ a b Glover, Bill. "History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network. CS Sovereign". Atlantic-Cable.com. Retrieved 2010-06-15.