Excalibur @ Falmouth

A shot taken from St. Mawes Castle looking across Carrick Roads at Falmouth . However , parked up at the end of a pier/jetty there is some sort of very large rig of some description sat sat there calm as you like !

From what I can find out it is a Seacore Jack Up Crane - details as shown on Fugro website ---

 

Excalibur is the largest in the Fugro fleet of jack-up barges, in class

with Germanischer Lloyd. This 8-legged barge is capable of working

in water depths up to 40 m and has been used extensively for

installing foundations for offshore wind farm projects and also can be

equipped with an integral foundation drilling unit.

The jack-up provides a very stable working

platform with accommodation for up to 40

personnel.

Facilities include:

20 two-man accommodation rooms

complete with showers and toilets

Galley

Mess room

Recreation room

Laundry room

Office

Workshop

Store rooms

EQUIPMENT FLYER

It comes fully equipped with:

Navigation and communication

systems

GMDSS radio room

VHF

INMARSAT

NAVTEX

Done