2009

J3676 : Barge 'UR 101' at Belfast

taken 16 years ago, 3 km from Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Barge 'UR 101' at Belfast
Barge 'UR 101' at Belfast
'UR 101' is a one of the vessels currently involved in the construction of an offshore windfarm at Robin Rigg in the Solway Firth but is seen here calling at Harland and Wolff in Belfast. The job of the barge is to install the power cables between each of the offshore turbines - 64 in total - and then to install one 'export cable' running back to the Cumbrian coast for connection to the national grid. The barge is fully equipped to lay and bury the so-called array cables under the seabed in water depths of up to 30 metres and can accommodate 48 workers onboard.
See Link for some related images of vessels involved in this project which have also visited Belfast.
Wind turbine parts, Belfast harbour

This collection shows some of the parts and the vessels used to transport them at sea.


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Category: Boat or ship > Barges
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Barge is to Install the Power Cables [3] Title Clusters: · Barge 'UR 101' at Belfast [3] ·
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J3676, 340 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Rossographer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 17 July, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 20 July, 2009
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 362 760 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:36.8348N 5:53.5153W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! J 362 761
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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