Vessel Type: MCA Cat 2 Wind Farm Service Vessel
“Gardian 1” is the pride of the Gardline Industries fleet.
It all started when in 2009, Gardline saw a need to enter the renewables sector with Wind Farm Service Vessels. After extensive research and an impromptu visit to he Global Marine Design office in Western Australia, they chose GMD as their exclusive supplier of designs and kitsets, for building by their subsidiary Alicat Workboats, located in Great Yarmouth, UK.
Based on our highly successful jet cat “Sea Stryder”, the “Gardian” has been specifically developed for the rapidly growing UK and European Wind Farm market and was built by UK based Alicat Workboats, a subsidiary of Gardline Shipping as their first WFSV.
The hull is designed with foil keels and twin semi tunneled propellers and achieved a genuine 30 knots in trials off Southampton in June 2010. Caterpillar have since re-programmed the engines from 1800 to 2100 RPM and as a trade off we lost 2 knots off the top speed and picked up a heap of bollard pull.
The design is fully approved to Det Norske Veritas DNV and was built to UK MCA code for Cat 2 vessels 60 miles offshore and 4 metre seas.
We have since had this vessel fully approved to Bureau Veritas by strong demand from the operators.
Demonstrating the versatility of this vessel kitset, two of ‘Gardian’ vessels how now been refitted and painted in orange and black livery to operate as Scoot Ferries on their Cowes-Portsmouth route. It’s clear from the photos that this route demands a very capable and comfortable offshore hull.
As part of a major refit to two of the vessels in 2015, GMD have designed and delivered Z Bow modification kitsets. This modification will take the vessel from 20 to 22.6 metres and provide a forward cargo deck. The first of the modified vessels is due for launch in December of 2015.
Among our valued clients are Gardline, Dalby Offshore and Rix.
MK 09051
Marine Kit Number: MK 09051
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Vessel Specificationsmetricimperial
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Hull Length20.00 m65' 7"
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Overall Length21.60 m70' 10"
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Waterline Length18.55 m60' 10"
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Beam6.50 m Moulded21'
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Draft @ Working Displ.1.70 m5' 7"
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Working Displacement48 Tonnes105,800 lb
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Light Displacement39 Tonnes85,980 lb
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Deck height above Waterline1.50 m4' 11"
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Bow Freeboard at rest2.65 m8' 8"
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Fuel Capacity2 x 4,500l Litres2 x 1190 Us. Gal.
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Engine/s2 x Caterpillar C32 1320 HP @ 2100 RPM
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Total Installed Power2 x 977 kW2 x 1,320 HP hp
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Sprint Speed56 km/hr30 Knots
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Cruise Speed44 km/hr24 Knots
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Structuremetricimperial
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Bottom Plates6 & 8 mm1/4" & 5/16"
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Side Plates5 mm3/16"
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Main Deck Plates5 & 6 mm3/16" & 1/4"
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Foredeck Plates5 mm3/16"
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Superstructure Plating4 mm (4 mm Roof)5/32" (5/32")
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Nominal Frame Spacing600 mm2'
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Aluminium Delivery Pack Dimensionsmetricimperial
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Length9.1m30'
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Breadth2.3m7' 6"
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Depth
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Shipping Weight26.0 Tonnes57,300 lb
The first of these kitsets arrived at the Great Yarmouth yard in August 2009 and was launched in late May of 2010 with outstanding success.
We have fitted this vessel with a removable bow module that allows the operators to exchange the fendered bow module to suit the tower/platform that the vessel will operate at for its contract period.
The latest version comes with extensive stern fendering and and an aft deck helm station for extended cargo transfer.
To discuss the new building of one of these superb vessels, please contact our UK shipyard:
Mr Steve Thacker
Alicat Workboats
Southtown Road
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk NR31 OJJ
United Kingdom
Mobile: +44 (0)7917 579142
E-Mail: steve.thacker@gardline.com
Look at at our trials data with the 2100 RPM rating :
Knots RPM Fuel (LPH) Load (%)
10_____1080_____50_____22
12_____1200_____60_____26
14_____1360_____87_____37
16_____1450_____96_____41
18_____1570____112_____44
20_____1670____121_____55
22_____1760____145_____73
24_____1880____180_____78
26_____2060____220_____84
28_____2125____236_____92