MV Solo

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File:Greenpeace ship Solo in Glasgow.jpg
Solo in Glasgow
History
NameSmit Houston
OwnerSmit International
Port of registryRotterdam, File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
BuilderVerolme scheepswerf, Heusden
Yard number935
Launched11 December 1976
Completed12 May 1977
NameSolo
OperatorGreenpeace
Port of registryRotterdam, File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Acquired1990
Out of service1995
NameWaker
Port of registryRotterdam, File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Acquired1995
Out of service2009
Identification
FateScrapped in 2009
General characteristics
Class & typeLR 100 A1 tug X LMC-Oceangoing service
Tonnage2167 Gt
Length67.50 m
Beam14.55 m
Draught6.234 m
PropulsionTwo main Gasoil, TM 410 C 6-cylinder line engine with turbocharger
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • 1 Hooley 300 bhp Volvo Penta Hamilton Jet.
  • 3 Avon D465 RIB
Capacity44

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]

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