Royal Fleet Auxiliary's Proteus K60 MROSS in Birkenhead Docks - 23/04/2025

Royal Fleet Auxiliary's Proteus K60 MROSS (Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship) in Birkenhead Docks - 23/04/2025 Added Scania V8 lorry bonus at the beginning! What a legend haha It's not the best video haha I'm really not good at recording vids and taking photos at the same time but I gave it a go! Some particulars - RFA Proteus K60 (ex-Topaz Tangaora MPOV) She was assisted by VB Donau ASD "Proteus will be dedicated to safeguarding critical seabed infrastructure and will act as a ‘mother ship’, operating remote and autonomous off-board systems for underwater surveillance and seabed warfare." Source: https://www.navylookout.com/uk-purcha... Price: £70 million - 14th February 2023 Pennant: K60 She is of Vard design similar to Horizon Arctic AHTS Ex-Topaz Energy and Marine Particulars could be inaccurate now that she has been converted Dynamic positioning Class 2 Design: VARD 3 08 - Light subsea construction with intervention duties IMO: 9792539 Official number: 190696 Vessel Type - Generic: Cargo Vessel Type - Detailed: Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel - subsea construction and installation work, subsea light maintenance work, subsea inspection work, survey and ROV operations MMSI: 232047056 Call Sign: GPTU (old) - V7A2168 (new) Flag: United Kingdom - London Gross Tonnage: 6133 Summer DWT: 3277 t Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 98.1 x 20.05 m Max Scantling Draught: 6m 82 person accommodation (before conversion) Complement: 24 RFA and 60 RN personnel in RFA service Year Built: 2019 7.2m x 7.2m moon pool 3,000m 120t AHC crane x2 WROV hangar Helideck Ø=22m, 12, @ 8t x2 1,650kW tunnel thrusters - TT 2400 DP CP Kongsberg Maritime AS Avd. Ulsteinvik x1 1,500 retractable compass thruster - TCNS100FB Ship manager/Commercial manager: VSEL BIRKENHEAD LTD Registered owner: UK Ministry of Defence Naval Ships Support Hull Shipyard: Vard Tulcea S.A., Romania Outfitting Yard: Vard Brattvaag, Norway Conversion Yard: Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK Hull number: 841 Contract date: 2015-09-23 Keel laid: 2016-08-02 Launch: 2017-03-18 Date of build: 2019-01-31 Main Engine: x5 generator engines - x2 Caterpillar 3516C (@2,250 kW, 3,020 hp), x2 Caterpillar C32 (main propulsion @ 1,820 kW, 2,440 hp) and x1 Caterpillar 3512C (@ 1,700 kW, 2,300 hp) Speed: 14kn 26km/h or 16mph x1 Caterpillar C9 ACERT emergency generator x2 aft azimuth thrusters @ 1,950kW each - AZP 100 FP Kongsberg Maritime AS Avd. Ulsteinvik Sister: Boka Tiamat