MV Solo
title: "MV Solo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ships-built-in-the-netherlands", "ships-of-the-netherlands", "1977-ships", "ships-of-greenpeace"] topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Solo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox ship"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| section1 | {{Infobox ship/image |
| image | Greenpeace ship Solo in Glasgow.jpg |
| image_caption | Solo in Glasgow |
| section2 | {{Infobox ship/career |
| name | Smit Houston |
| owner | Smit International |
| registry | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| builder | Verolme scheepswerf, Heusden |
| yard_number | 935 |
| launched | 11 December 1976 |
| completed | 12 May 1977 |
| section3 | {{Infobox ship/career |
| hide_header | title |
| name | Solo |
| operator | Greenpeace |
| registry | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| acquired | 1990 |
| out_of_service | 1995 |
| section4 | {{Infobox ship/career |
| hide_header | title |
| name | Waker |
| registry | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| acquired | 1995 |
| out_of_service | 2009 |
| identification | * |
| fate | Scrapped in 2009 |
| section5 | {{Infobox ship/characteristics |
| class | LR 100 A1 tug X LMC-Oceangoing service |
| tonnage | 2167 Gt |
| length | 67.50 m |
| beam | 14.55 m |
| draught | 6.234 m |
| boats | *1 Hooley 300 bhp Volvo Penta Hamilton Jet. |
| capacity | 44 |
| :: |
|section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Greenpeace ship Solo in Glasgow.jpg |image_caption=Solo in Glasgow
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |name= Smit Houston |owner=Smit International |operator= |registry=Rotterdam, Netherlands |route= |ordered= |builder=Verolme scheepswerf, Heusden |original_cost= |yard_number=935 |way_number= |laid_down= |launched=11 December 1976 |completed=12 May 1977 |renamed= |christened= |acquired= |maiden_voyage= |in_service= |out_of_service= |identification= |fate= |notes=
|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |country= |flag= |name=Solo |operator=Greenpeace |registry=Rotterdam, Netherlands |renamed= |acquired=1990 |in_service= |out_of_service=1995 |fate= |notes=
|section4={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |name=Waker |owner= |operator= |registry=Rotterdam, Netherlands |route= |renamed= |acquired=1995 |in_service= |out_of_service=2009 |identification=*
- Call sign: PILX |fate=Scrapped in 2009 |notes=
|section5={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class=LR 100 A1 tug X LMC-Oceangoing service |tonnage=2167 Gt |displacement= |length=67.50 m |beam= 14.55 m |height= |draught=6.234 m |propulsion=
- Two 6-cylinder line engine
- 2 x propellers |speed= |boats=*1 Hooley 300 bhp Volvo Penta Hamilton Jet.
- 3 Avon D465 RIB |capacity=44 |crew= |notes=
The MV Solo was a Greenpeace ship from 1990 to 1995, originally built in 1977 as an ocean tug called the Smit Houston. Greenpeace updated the ship with a helipad as well as veterinary and laboratory facilities. In 1995 she was chartered by a company working with the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management for use as a salvage vessel. At this time the ship was renamed as the ETV Waker. On 7 September 2009, a fire starting in the engine room so seriously damaged the vessel that she was scrapped.
References
References
- [http://archive.greenpeace.org/marine/oldships.html] {{webarchive. link. (3 March 2010)
- "Kustwacht ETV". Fire-rescue.nl.
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