Netherlands Offshore Co plans to use new vessel in laying pipe lines, erecting production structures, and making surveys in rough waters of North Sea; twin submarine hulls are connected underwater by two wing-like transverse connections (hydrofoils) which reduce heaving and pitching; length oa 131 ft, beam 56 ft, center well 23 ft diam, molded depth 36 ft, draft 17 ft, displacement 1200 tons (metric); main propulsion is provided by 850-hp electric motors driving two Lips variable pitch propellers in nozzles. (27455)
Duplus. Catamaran for severe seas
Ocean Ind
Ocean Industry ; 4 , n 3
1969
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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