FROM THE ARCHIVE – “ROSS ISLE” MOORED AT TAU OUTSIDE STAVANGER, IN MAY 1993 (BROKEN UP 2018)

FROM THE ARCHIVE:

“ROSS ISLE” moored at Tau outside Stavanger in May 1993.

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TYPE: Drilling rig

IMO NO: 8754487

13 587 gt / 4076 nt

Delivered from Kaldnes Mv AS., Tønsberg / Norway (Yard no 219), in 1983.

Name history:

• “ROSS ISLE” from delivery in 1983 until 1996
• “TRANSOCEAN SEARCHER” from 1996 until breaking in 2018

The rig was beached at breakers yard in Aliaga / Turkey, 25 October 2018, as her final destination.

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