''Mermaid Sapphire'' is an offshore multipurpose vessel.
Built in 2009, the ship is used for mostly research and undersea work.
She is a purpose-built ABS Classed DP2
ROV and air diving support vessel, designed for operation of dual deepwater work-class ROV's (Quasar Compact or Triton XLX) plus optional inspection-class ROV. The ROV's are installed on a dedicated raised deck level, leaving all back deck space for project equipment. ''Mermaid Sapphire'' is also equipped with state-of-the-art subsea inspection data acquisition and
data management systems. A 23-tonne
knuckleboom crane A knuckleboom crane is a kind of standard crane whose boom articulates at the 'knuckle' near the middle, letting it fold back like a finger. This provides a compact size for storage and manoeuvring.
Knuckleboom cranes have become very common on ...
, and auxiliary 5-tonne crane are also installed.
On March 26, 2012, she carried ''
Deepsea Challenger
''Deepsea Challenger'' (DCV 1) is a deep-diving submersible designed to reach the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest-known point on Earth. On 26 March 2012, Canadian film director James Cameron piloted the craft to accomplish this goal in ...
'' to the
Challenger Deep where the first solo dive to the bottom of the
trench was made.
References
2009 ships
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