MV Solo
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SMIT HOUSTON |
| Owner | SMIT INTERNATIONAL |
| Port of registry | Rotterdam,  Netherlands |
| Builder | Verolme scheepswerf, Heusden |
| Yard number | 935 |
| Launched | 1977 |
| History | |
| Name | MV Solo |
| Operator | Greenpeace |
| Port of registry | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Acquired | 1990 |
| Out of service | 1995 |
| Notes | Registered at Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| History | |
| Name | ETV Waker |
| Port of registry | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Acquired | 1995 |
| Out of service | 2009 |
| Identification | Call sign: PLIX |
| Fate | Fire in engine room, 7 September 2009. |
| Status | Total Loss |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | LR 100 A1 tug X LMC-Oceangoing service |
| Tonnage | 2167 Gt |
| Length | 67.50 m |
| Beam | 14.55 m |
| Draught | 6.234 m |
| Propulsion | Two main Gasoil, TM 410 C 6-cylinder line engine with turbocharger |
| Boats & landing craft carried | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 Hooley 300 bhp Volvo Penta Hamilton Jet. 3 Avon D465 RIB |
| Capacity | 44 |
The MV Solo was a Greenpeace ship from 1990 to 1995, originally built in 1977 as an ocean tug called the Smit Houston. Greenpeace updated the ship with a helipad as well as veterinary and laboratory facilities. In 1995 she was chartered by a company working with the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management for use as a salvage vessel. At this time the ship was renamed as the ETV Waker. On 7 September 2009, a fire starting in the engine room so seriously damaged the vessel that she was scrapped.[1][2]
References
- http://archive.greenpeace.org/marine/solo.html
- http://members.chello.nl/rverburg/pagina_smithouston.html
- http://www.fire-rescue.nl/mswaker/