FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“DISCOVERY” / reg. Luxembourg, moored in Peterhead UK, 29 June 2001.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Cable and pipe layer
8248 gt / 2474 nt / 4645 mdwt
Delivered from S. A. Boelwerf N.V., Temse / Belgium (Yard no 1531), in November 1990.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 03/08/1989 – Keel laid
- 27/04/1990 – Launched
- 28/11/1990 – Completed and delivered
- “DISCOVERY” from delivery in 11/1990 until 08/2006
- From 11/1990 – Owned by NV. Friary Ocean Surveyor, Belgium.
- From 11/1990 – Belgian flag. (reg. Antwerpen)
- From 1992 – Luxembourg flag. (reg. Luxembourg)
- “ACERGY DISCOVERY” from 08/2006 until 12/2013
- From 08/2006 – Owned by Subsea 7 Shipping Ltd.
- From 12/2010 – Isle of Man flag. (reg. Douglas)
- From 08/2012 – Owned by Subsea 7 Offshore Resources UK. – C/O: Subsea 7 International Contracting Ltd., Westhill / United Kingdom.
- “SEVEN DISCOVERY” from 12/2013 until breaking started in 2018.
- 17/07/2017 – Arrived ship breakers in Ghent in Belgium, towed by “FAIRPLAY 27” and assisted by “MULTRATUG 27”, as her final destination.
- 01/2018 – Work began at Van Heyghen Recycling, Ghent / Belgium.
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