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DP III – Cable Laying Vessel

The Ariadne is a DP-3 Cable Laying Vessel built for worldwide subsea operations, specially designed for OWF inter-array and export cable installation, interconnector cable installation and cable protection.


She is an Ulstein SX-121 design, originally built in Norway in 2009 as the Viking Poseidon and was acquired by her current owners in March 2017. Upon delivery, her class was transferred from DnV-GL to ABS in line with company policy.
The vessel has been built to the requirements of DnV-GL Comfort Class (C-3, V-3) and she can accommodate a total of 106 persons in the highest level of comfort.


The vessel has completed her 3rd conversion stage, emerging with a complete and permanent cable laying spread consisting of a 5000MT carousel on deck, a 4,000MT below deck carousel (with a combined capacity of max. 7,000MT), two firing lines with one cable tensioner each, conforming to a cable MBR of 5m and a bight quadrant deployment system. The vessel is also fitted with a Work-class ROV.

The Ariadne (/ˌæriˈædni/; in Greek: Ἀριάδνη) is named after the Cretan princess, daughter of King Minos of Crete, who according to Greek mythology, helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur by providing him with a sword and a ball of thread so that he could retrace his way out of the Minotaur’s labyrinth.

  • IMO Number
    9413535
  • Length
    130.00m
  • Breadth
    25.00m
  • Dynamic Position System
    Kongsberg KPos-21 & 11 with C-Joy (DP-3)
  • Deadweight
    abt. 10,000 MT
  • Accommodation
    106 Persons
  • Flag
    Greece
  • Classification
    American Bureau of Shipping
  • Owner
    Asso Ariadne Navigation Company Limited, Cyprus

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