Survey vessel Arctic Ocean of Esbjerg, Denmark

            Arctic Ocean on the River Yare.
Built as the stern trawler Grampian Chieftain A 562 for George Craig & Sons of Aberdeen, she fished until 1988 when she was laid up.
Converted to a safety vessel in 1990.
January 2006 saw the start of a full rebuild to serve the offshore industry. In July 2006 she was renamed OMS Pollux and sold to Offshore Marine Services (OMS).

Name: Arctic Ocean
Vessel type: Survey vessel  
Home port: Esbjerg 
Flag: Denmark 
IMO: 7427166
MMSI: 219027992
Call sign: OZGP2
Length overall: 39.9 m
Beam: 9.44 m
Draught: 5.3 m
Gross tonnage: 436 ton
Max deadweight: 247 ton
Fuel capacity: 18,147 gal. (82,500 litres)
Engine: 1 x B&W Alpha 23-30 
Engine output: 1 x 985 hp (735 kW)
Azimuth bow thruster output: 375 hp (280 kW)
Aquamaster stern thruster output: 254 hp (190 kW) 
Max speed: 15 knots
Service speed: 10 knots
Builder: Goole Shipbuilders & Repairs. Co Ltd, Goole, Yorkshire
Yard number: 590
Launch date: 27th. April 1976 
Completed: 1976
Owner: Blue Star Line A/S, Faaborg, Denmark
Manager: Nordic Offshore, Faaborg, Denmark
Operator: O.S. Energy GmbH, Glückstadt, Germany

Previous names:
Geo Ocean II until 1st. December 2020
Geo Ocean 2 until 26th. November 2020
OMS Pollux until 11th. October 2013
Grampian Chieftain A 562 until 1st. July 2006

Collision with wind turbine.

OMS Pollux collided with a wind turbine pile at DONG Energy's Walney Offshore Windfarm, off the Cumbrian coast on 14th August 2014, resulting in only superficial damage to the turbine.
The ship had been at anchor and engaged in operations 12 miles west of Walney when one anchor suddenly parted, allowing the vessel to swing into a concrete pile of the wind turbine under construction. The ship was pushed onto it by the flood tide and suffered damage to the port side under the water line so that light fuel oil was being released into the sea. The Liverpool Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) received a call reporting that the standby safety vessel, had been leaking diesel. A fixed-wing aircraft from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s counter pollution team has made a flypast and reported that a surface sheen, 16.5 to 33 ft. (5 to 10 m) wide and around 0.8 of a mile in length, was trailing the vessel. 
The vessel, with a crew of 18 on board, remained afloat and there were no reported injuries. OMS Pollux moved, under its own power, to a position north of the Port of Liverpool limits and away from environmentally sensitive areas. The Barrow lifeboat was launched at 10.25 a.m. to attended the incident, arriving at the scene at 11 a.m. and quickly ascertained that the vessel was not taking on any water. The Liverpool Coastguard requested the lifeboat to stand by the casualty in case the situation altered and then contacted Barrow Port Control who refused permission for he vessel to enter the Port of Barrow due to the fuel leak. The vessel was escorted towards Liverpool in relay by the Barrow, Lytham and Hoylake lifeboats. The Barrow crew handed over the escort to the Lytham crew, 12 miles west of the River Ribble, and the Barrow crew returned to station. The vessel would remain offshore outside the Liverpool Port Authority limits until the fuel leak has been stopped. After a 36 hour wait, circling in the Irish Sea, the vessel arrived at Birkenhead at 4 p.m. on 15th. August 2014, where it will be repaired.
The Liverpool MRCC was in constant contact with the vessel and was also monitoring the situation. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch was also informed. A multi-agency Environment Group set up to respond met to assess the local situation. The fuel spill was not thought serious enough to warrant special attention, with the diesel evaporating and dispersing naturally.
The weather was fine and visibility was good, with no wind and a flooding tide which was expected to peak at 2. 50 p.m. at a height of 31 ft. (9.5 m).



   

Taken in: UK / England / Great Yarmouth District / Gorleston-on-Sea (show map)

Taken on: April 9, 2023

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Arctic Ocean

IMO: 7427166

River Yare

Gorleston

Norfolk

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