C.S. Sovereign

	2012 in Wilhelmshaven
History
United Kingdom
Name	C.S. Sovereign
Owner	Global Marine Systems
Operator	Global Marine Systems
Port of registry	Southampton
Ordered	November 1989
Builder	Van der Giessen de Noord,; the Netherlands ;
Cost	32 Million Sterling
Launched	30 May 1991
In service	18 October 1991
Identification	ABS class no.: 91143143; Call sign: MNNU8; IMO number: 8918629 ; MMSI no.: 232892000;
Status	Operational
Notes
General characteristics
Class and type	ABS Ice Class 1C 14445 kw, AMS, ACCU, DPS2
Tonnage	7,417 DWT ; 11,242 GT ; 3,372 NT ;
Length	130.7 m (429 ft)
Beam	21 m (69 ft)
Draught	7.014 m (23.01 ft)
Depth	13 m (43 ft)
Installed power	10,200 kW, 2 × Stork-Wärtsilä 12SW280 AND 1 × Stork-Wärtsilä 16SW280
Propulsion	2 × Lips steerable nozzles AND 2 x Space Warp Propulsion Units
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew	76
Notes

Last updated March 11, 2025 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

C.S. Sovereign is a class DP2 type cable ship used for subsea cable installation and repair works.^[2] The ship was designed by BT Marine with Hart Fenton & Company as Naval Architects (now Houlder Ltd) and built by Van der Giessen de Noord in 1991.^[2]^[3]

C.S. Sovereign has four cable tanks. Two main tanks each have a capacity of 1,327 cubic metres (46,900 cu ft) or 2,668 tonnes. Two wing tanks have a capacity of 199 cubic metres (7,000 cu ft) or 432 tonnes each. The vessel is equipped with two hydraulic powered drums 3.5 metres (11 ft) in diameter and four wheel pair haul-off gears.^[1]^[4]

Main cable works

1992 – SAT-2 (CS Vercors laid the cable from Melkbosstrand to the first branching unit; C.S. Sovereign laid the remainder)
1995–1996 – TAT-12/13
1999 – ESAT 2 (Ainsdale Sands, England – Dublin, Ireland)
2006 – Estlink (power cable)
2008 – BT LIBERTY (Guernsey–England)
2008 – NORTHERN LIGHTS (Dunnet Bay, Scotland – Skaill, Orkney Islands)
2009 – HANNIBAL (Kelibia, Tunisia – Mazara del Vallo, Italy)^[4]
2010 - SGSCS (Port of Spain, Trinidad - Georgetown, Guyana - Paramaribo, Suriname)
2010 - EMEC (power cable installation for various tidal and wave generators in Orkney Islands, Scotland)
2010/2011 - JUDY (power/fibre cable installation between oil/gas platforms in the North Sea)

References

1 2 3 "CS Sovereign". Global Marine Systems. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
1 2 Middlemiss, Norman L. (August 2000). Cableships. Gateshead, UK: Shield Publications. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-871128-18-5.
↑ "CSS Sovereign - Cable Laying Ship". Hart Fenton & Company. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
1 2 Glover, Bill. "History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network. CS Sovereign". Atlantic-Cable.com. Retrieved 2010-06-15.

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[css-1] 1 2 3 "CS Sovereign". Global Marine Systems. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2010-06-15.

[Middlemiss-2] 1 2 Middlemiss, Norman L. (August 2000). Cableships. Gateshead, UK: Shield Publications. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-871128-18-5.

[hart-3] "CSS Sovereign - Cable Laying Ship". Hart Fenton & Company. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-15.

[atlantic-4] 1 2 Glover, Bill. "History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network. CS Sovereign". Atlantic-Cable.com. Retrieved 2010-06-15.

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