Basic designs prepared by Trident Offshore, Netherlands N.V. are 90 m hull for use as drilling platform and 40 m hull suitable for duty either as supply tender or multipurpose craft; design concept is based on principle of submarine, lying at periscope depth; carrying capacity is derived from submerged submarine-like hulls; two hulls are connected by broad flat deck, underside of which will not normally be touched by waves; two underwater winglike structures fore and aft also link hulls; first vessel is Duplus, built by Boele's Scheepswerven en Machinefabriek N.V. for Netherlands Offshore Co N.V., for coastal and seabed engineering duties; diagram. (27381)
Catamaran type offshore platforms
Shipbldg Shipping Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 112 , n 21
1968
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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