Oceanic Viking
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MV Oceanic Viking
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  Australia
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| Name: | MV Oceanic Viking |
| Owner: | Eidesvik Shipping AS |
| Operator: | P&O Marine Services/Australian Customs Service |
| Builder: | Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk, Flekkefjord, Norway |
| Launched: | 1996 |
| Out of service: | June 2010 |
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 Isle of Man
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| Name: | European Supporter |
| Owner: | P&O Maritime Services (UK) Ltd. |
| Operator: | P&O Maritime Services (UK) Ltd. |
| Port of registry: | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Builder: | Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk AS |
| Yard number: | 961 |
| Launched: | 17/2/1996 |
| Identification: | |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | DnV + 1A1 Cable Laying Vessel |
| Tonnage: | 9,075 GT |
| Length: | 105.6 m (346 ft) |
| Beam: | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.83 m (22.4 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x 3,560 kW (4770 hp) at 660 rpm |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | 25 crew + up to 50 Customs and Fisheries officers. |
| Armament: | 2 × .50 caliber machine guns in customs service |
| Notes: | Former offshore oil pipeline layer and cable layer |
The MV Oceanic Viking was an armed patrol vessel of the Australian Customs Service. Originally built in 1996 as the offshore supply vessel Viking Lady for Norwegian shipping company Eidesvik Shipping AS, the ship was converted into a cable layer in 2000 and renamed Oceanic Viking. The ship was chartered to the Australian Customs Service through P&O Marine Services from 2004 to 2010. In 2011, it was purchased by A&P Tyne, Isle of Man, and renamed European Supporter.
The ship was built in 1996 for Norwegian shipping company Eidesvik Shipping AS as an offshore supply vessel and named Viking Lady. The vessel is 105 metres (344 ft) long and has a gross tonnage of over 9,000.
In 2000, the ship was converted to a cable layer, renamed Oceanic Viking, and used for laying optic fiber cables between Europe and North America.
In 2004, Oceanic Viking was converted to an armed patrol vessel and bareboat chartered to P&O Maritime Services, who operated the ship for the Australian Customs Marine Unit. The vessel was primarily assigned to patrols of Australia's southern offshore territories for illegal fishers, particularly those seeking Patagonian toothfish, but was also deployed on other border protection and patrol operations around Australia. While chartered, Oceanic Viking was flagged as an Australian vessel, and was operated by a 60-strong crew, including Customs and Fisheries personnel, along with civilians.Oceanic Viking was fitted with two .50 calibre machine guns, making it the first Australian-flagged merchant vessel to be armed in peacetime.
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