''Spirit'' is a cable laying vessel (CLV). She is owned by Royal

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Westminster N.V. She is a Bureau Veritas Hull Mach AUT UMS Dynapos AM/AT R Special Service Workboat Class. The vessel has a six-point mooring system (using her DP2 system). The vessel can also be beached, allowing her to do cable work onshore, she uses the Hi-plough, which is the latest in marine technology, allowing a deeper burial for the cable. The ''Spirit'' has been used in a number of

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, which is separated into two units, Walney 1 + 2, also there was the London Array and West of Duddon Sands. The ''Spirit'' beached approximately south of

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to lay the export cable for

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(26 & 27 June 2010). The export cable was pulled ashore in a joint effort between VolkerInfra, CM&I Marine an
VBMS
In 2013 the vessel was featured in a season 7 episode of the Canadian TV documentary series '' Mighty Ships''.

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{{Reflist 2010 ships Cable laying ships Ships built in China