MV Durable
Ex Tyco Durable
© Pieter Inpyn (Kirkwall, 07/09/2019)
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 2003 by Keppel Shipyard Ltd – Benoi Yard, Singapore (Yard No 033) as a Cable Laying Vessel
Technical Data
- Length: 140 m (overall) 120.8 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 21.0 m
- Depth: 12.6 m
- Draught: 8.413 m (Design)
- Tonnage: 12893.85 gross/10244 net/10096 t deadweight
- Engines: 5 x Normo 9-cylinder KRGB-9 diesel electric
- Power: 9950 kW/HP
- Speed: 13.9 knots (Design)
- Cable Capacity: 5466 MT
- Call Sign: V7DI8,
- MMSI Number: 538001648
- IMO Number: 9242376
- Official Number:1648
- Port of Registry: Majuro/Marshall Islands 🇲🇭
- Sister-Ship: Decisive (032), Dependable (031), Reliance (028), Resolute (030), Responder (029)
Current AIS Location
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History
One of the six ships belonging to the Reliance Class fleet of Tyco Telecommunications.
October 25th 2001: Steel cut.
June 15th 2002: Keel laid.
January 5th 2003: Launched.
June 26th 2003: Delivered as TYCO DURABLE to Owner/Manager: Transoceanic Cable Ship Co Inc.
© Ivan Meshkov (Singapore, 26/08/2008)
2010: Renamed DURABLE for Owner; Tyco Durable Inc. Manager: Transoceanic Cable Ship Co Inc.
© Pieter Inpyn (Kirkwall, 06/09/2019)
October 26th 2022: Arrived in Dover from Portland (UK)
© Mike Jackson (Dover, 26/10/2022)
All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Pieter Inpyn, Mike Jackon and Ivan Meshkov for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
