ERV ''Nene Hatun'' is a rescue and salvage ship, Turkey's first emergency response vessel (ERV). Owned and operated by the

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, she was built in Yalova, launched in 2014, and commissioned in 2015.

History

The vessel was built for the

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in Altınova, Yalova Province, Turkey. She was named

Nene Hatun Nene Hatun (1857 – 22 May 1955) was a Turkish folk heroine, who became known for fighting against Russian forces during the recapture of Fort Aziziye in Erzurum from Russian forces at the start of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Turk ...

(1857–1955), a Turkish

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, who became known for fighting in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, Costing 31.14 million, she was launched with a ceremony held on 24 October 2014. She was commissioned on 27 May 2015. She is the first emergency response vessel of Turkey.

Characteristics

''Nene Hatun'' has an overall length of , a beam of , is high and has a draft of . She is powered by four

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9H 32/40 engines with . The total installed power is . She features an emergency generator MAN D2842LE201 of . The vessel has max. and cruise speed, and a range of . She is operated by a crew of 45, and is capable of accommodating up to 20 marine accident victims. The vessel's services are

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, towing up to , fire fighting (FiFi III), diving Services, dynamic positioning (Kongsberg DP2) services, victim accommodation,

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detection and fighting, marine pollution analysis, helicopter service, offshore control and command as well as stand-by service at all weather and sea conditions. The ship's emergency care hospital has 20 beds. Equipped with an external fire fighting system of class FiFi III, she can throw water up to distance from the vessel, to a height of on three monitors at water flow rate. The deck crane's safe working load (SWL) is 12.5 t. She is able to carry up to boom containment

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. Her landing deck allows the landing and take-off of helicopters with weights up to 11 tons.

Service history

As of summer 2021, ''Nene Hatun'' has accomplished 25 total operations of diverse nature from her commissioning in 2015. On 28 January 2021, she participated in a salvage operation for M/V ''Petra Star'', a Russian bulk carrier in ballast en route from Istanbul to Port Kavkaz, which

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due to engine failure in stormy weather conditions at the northern end of

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in Black Sea. By March 2021, it was announced that the emergency response ship was ready to take part in the salvage operation for the container ship ''Ever Given'', which blocked the Suez Canal after grounding. By early August 2021, she was deployed from Istanbul to the Ören neighborhood of the Milas district in Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey, where ongoing wildfires jeopardized the Yeniköy power station. She was moored offshore to intervene when necessary.

References

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