MV Solo
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SMIT HOUSTON |
| Owner: | SMIT INTERNATIONAL |
| Port of registry: | Rotterdam,  Netherlands |
| Builder: | Verolme scheepswerf, Heusden |
| Yard number: | 935 |
| Launched: | 1977 |
| Name: | MV Solo |
| Operator: | Greenpeace |
| Port of registry: | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Acquired: | 1990 |
| Out of service: | 1995 |
| Notes: | Registered at Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Name: | ETV Waker |
| Port of registry: | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Acquired: | 1995 |
| Out of service: | 2009 |
| Identification: | Call sign: PLIX |
| Fate: | Fire in engine room, 7 September 2009. |
| Status: | Total Loss |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | LR 100 A1 tug X LMC-Oceangoing service |
| Tonnage: | 2167 Gt |
| Length: | 67.50 m |
| Beam: | 14.55 m |
| Draught: | 6.234 m |
| Propulsion: |
Two main Gasoil, TM 410 C 6-cylinder line engine with turbocharger |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
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| Capacity: | 44 |
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]
