Asian Hercules II

History
Singapore
Name	Asian Hercules II
Operator	Asian Lift Pte Ltd (Keppel FELS/SMIT JV)
Completed	1997
In service	1997–present
Home port	Singapore
Identification	IMO number: 8639297 MMSI number: 563793000
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	ABS A1 (E) Barge + PAS
Tonnage	10,560 GT 3,168 NT
Length	91 metres (299 ft)
Beam	43 metres (141 ft)
Draft	2.75 to 8.50 metres (9 ft 0 in to 27 ft 11 in)
Installed power	3× Diesel generator, 1,940 kilowatts (2,600 hp) total output
Propulsion	4 x 813 kW Azimuth
Speed	7 kilotonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons)

Asian Hercules II is a floating sheerleg crane vessel owned and operated by Asian Lift (Smit Singapore and Keppel Fels).

History

She was built in 1997 in Singapore at Keppel's Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd's yard. Soon after completion, Asian Hercules II was loaned to Smit International and served the European lifting market from 1999.

Asian Hercules II set the completed Gateshead Millennium Bridge in place on 20 November 2000.

Asian Hercules II and Rambiz lifted sections of the sunken Tricolor from the English Channel after it sank in 2002. Tricolor was cut into sections with a carbide-coated cable prior to wreck removal.

In 2011, Asian Hercules II set the heavy-lift mast crane for Seven Borealis.

References

External links

• Noe, Rain (28 January 2016). "Real Life Cutaways: Here's How You Saw a 50,000-Ton Ship Carrying 2,800 Cars Into Slices (With the Cars Still Inside)". Core77. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
• Von Wüst, Christian (4 August 2003). "Sperrmüll im Fahrwasser" [Bulky waste in the waterway]. Der Spiegel. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

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