Asian Hercules II

Asian Hercules II is a floating sheerleg crane vessel owned and operated by Asian Lift (Smit Singapore and Keppel Fels).^[1]

History
Singapore
Name	Asian Hercules II
Operator	Asian Lift Pte Ltd (Keppel FELS/SMIT JV)
Completed	1997
In service	1997–present
Homeport	Singapore
Identification	IMO number: 8639297 MMSI number: 563793000
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	ABS A1 (E) Barge + PAS
Tonnage	10,560 GT 3,168 NT
Length	91 metres (299 ft)
Beam	43 metres (141 ft)
Draft	2.75 to 8.50 metres (9 ft 0 in to 27 ft 11 in)
Installed power	3× Diesel generator, 1,940 kilowatts (2,600 hp) total output
Propulsion	4 x 813 kW Azimuth
Speed	7 kilotonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons)

History

She was built in 1997 in Singapore at Keppel's Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd's yard. Soon after completion, Asian Hercules II was loaned to Smit International and served the European lifting market from 1999.^[2][3]

Asian Hercules II set the completed Gateshead Millennium Bridge in place on 20 November 2000.^[4]

Asian Hercules II and Rambiz lifted sections of the sunken Tricolor from the English Channel after it sank in 2002. Tricolor was cut into sections with a carbide-coated cable prior to wreck removal.^[5]

In 2011, Asian Hercules II set the heavy-lift mast crane for Seven Borealis.^[6]