SD Tempest
SD TEMPEST : IMO 9803637
Details from Serco Press Release
SD Tempest is the 31st vessel to be built for Serco by Damen Shipyards. She sailed into her home port of Portsmouth for the first time on 22nd February 2017. Since then, she has since completed a series of operational trials, completed crew familiarisation and is now completely ready to support the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers.
SD Tempest is a Damen ART 80-32 tug with a bollard pull of 80 tons and is the most powerful tug in Serco’s fleet. She has a crew of four, is 31.95m long, has a beam of 12.6m and a gross tonnage of 495 GT.
She is the first tug in the UK that features the RotorTug® propulsion system consisting of three azimuthing thrusters, which provide omni-directional manoeuvrability, designed by Robert Allen in Canada, making her one of the most manoeuvrable and capable tugs in the UK. They also have controllable pitch propellers installed instead of the usual fixed pitch propellers found on other vessels in her class.
Serco also specified a number of modifications to enable her to support the new aircraft carriers, including a double drum render/recovery aft winch for redundancy and a foldable mast for safe working under the flight deck overhang. Like previous tugs, SD Tempest is fitted with grey fendering to match the colour of RN vessels and prevent marking the hulls.
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In the enclosed dock on the other side of the wall is RFA Diligence laid up for disposal,. Also can be seen masts from Type 45 destroyers ( 5 of the vessels were in the dock on the day)
SD Tempest
SD TEMPEST : IMO 9803637
Details from Serco Press Release
SD Tempest is the 31st vessel to be built for Serco by Damen Shipyards. She sailed into her home port of Portsmouth for the first time on 22nd February 2017. Since then, she has since completed a series of operational trials, completed crew familiarisation and is now completely ready to support the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers.
SD Tempest is a Damen ART 80-32 tug with a bollard pull of 80 tons and is the most powerful tug in Serco’s fleet. She has a crew of four, is 31.95m long, has a beam of 12.6m and a gross tonnage of 495 GT.
She is the first tug in the UK that features the RotorTug® propulsion system consisting of three azimuthing thrusters, which provide omni-directional manoeuvrability, designed by Robert Allen in Canada, making her one of the most manoeuvrable and capable tugs in the UK. They also have controllable pitch propellers installed instead of the usual fixed pitch propellers found on other vessels in her class.
Serco also specified a number of modifications to enable her to support the new aircraft carriers, including a double drum render/recovery aft winch for redundancy and a foldable mast for safe working under the flight deck overhang. Like previous tugs, SD Tempest is fitted with grey fendering to match the colour of RN vessels and prevent marking the hulls.
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In the enclosed dock on the other side of the wall is RFA Diligence laid up for disposal,. Also can be seen masts from Type 45 destroyers ( 5 of the vessels were in the dock on the day)