Damen delivers Multi Cat in record time

Multi Cat 2712 C-Force has been delivered to Orkney-based Leask Marine just six weeks after its order and will perform a variety of marine engineering-related tasks, including dive support, anchor-handling and cable-laying assistance.

Douglas Leask, managing director of Leask Marine, said: “We are particularly pleased to have purchased the Damen Multi Cat 2712, and the purchase of the C-Force is another significant milestone in the development of the business and provides a great enhancement to the range of services we provide.”

Custom adaptions

The C-Force is Leask Marine’s second Damen vessel, joining the C-Salvor, a Multi Cat 2409 that has been in operation for many years.

Damen carried out a series of adaptations to its standard platform in order to tailor the vessel to Leask Marine’s specific requirements. This included creating space for desks and computers in the wheelhouse so that Leask Marine’s clients can work during operations. It also included the addition of four winches for a four-point mooring system.

C-Force left Damen’s yard on 19th April headed for Kirkwall. On her way, the vessel called in Dundee to conduct her first job – towage of the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, the Orbital O2 2MW device, to Orkney.

Following her arrival in her home port, Leask Marine will install dive support equipment to the vessel. After this, she will sail south to support operations at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm off Harwich.

By Rebecca Jeffrey