MV Target
title: "MV Target" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["semi-submersibles", "ships-built-in-split", "1990-ships"] topic_path: "general/semi-submersibles" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Target" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| section1 | {{Infobox ship/image |
| image | Target p1 03-05-08.jpg |
| image_caption | MV Target carrying an unnamed load. |
| section2 | {{Infobox ship/career |
| country | Norway |
| flag | [[File:Flag of Norway.svg |
| name | *Jahre Target |
| owner | initially Park Venture Co. |
| builder | Brodosplit, Split, Croatia (Yugoslavia) |
| yard_number | 361 |
| launched | 29 July 1989 |
| completed | February 1990 |
| homeport | Sandefjord |
| fate | Sold 2007 |
| section3 | {{Infobox ship/career |
| hide_header | title |
| country | Netherlands Antilles |
| flag | [[File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986–2010).svg |
| name | MV Target |
| operator | [[File:Dockwise flag.svg |
| completed | 24 December 2007 |
| homeport | Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles |
| identification | * |
| *{{cite web | url |
| *Callsign: PJLL{{cite web | url |
| status | |
| section4 | {{Infobox ship/characteristics |
| type | semi-submersible heavy-load carrier |
| tonnage | * |
| length | *269 m |
| *2007 shortened to {{convert | 216.9 |
| beam | 44.5 m |
| speed | 14 kn |
| :: |
|section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Target p1 03-05-08.jpg |image_caption=MV Target carrying an unnamed load.
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=Norway |flag=[[File:Flag of Norway.svg|100x35px|Norwegian Merchant Navy Ensign]] |name=*Jahre Target
- 1993 Nord-Jahre Target
- 2000 Crude Target
- 2003 Genmar Centaur
- 2004 Front Target |owner=initially Park Venture Co. |operator= |ordered= |awarded= |builder=Brodosplit, Split, Croatia (Yugoslavia) |yard_number=361 |laid_down= |launched=29 July 1989 |sponsor= |christened= |completed=February 1990 |acquired= |commissioned= |recommissioned= |decommissioned= |in_service= |out_of_service= |renamed= |reclassified= |refit= |struck= |reinstated= |homeport=Sandefjord |motto= |nickname= |honours= |captured= |fate=Sold 2007 |notes= |badge=
|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |country=Netherlands Antilles |flag= [[File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986–2010).svg|35px|]] |name=MV Target |operator=[[File:Dockwise flag.svg|border|20px]] Dockwise |completed=24 December 2007 |acquired= |commissioned= |recommissioned= |decommissioned= |in_service= |out_of_service= |renamed= |reclassified= |refit= |struck= |reinstated= |homeport=Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles |motto= |nickname= |honours= |captured= |identification=*
- Callsign: PJLL |status= |notes= |badge=
|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |type=semi-submersible heavy-load carrier |tonnage=*
- 2007 reduced to 53806 |displacement= |length=*269 m
- 2007 shortened to 216.9 m |beam= 44.5 m |height= |draught= |hold_depth= |propulsion= |speed=14 kn |range= |endurance= |boats= |capacity= |complement= |crew= |troops= |sensors= |EW= |notes= '*MV *Target''''' is a semi-submersible heavy transport ship, built by Brodosplit in Yugoslavia.
History
Built in 1990 as a tanker, MV Jahre Target, MV Target is the second of six single hull tankers to be converted into heavy lift vessels. After completing submerging and sea trials, the former sealift vessel was delivered to the new owners, Dockwise on 24 December 2007.
Design
MV Target was converted at the COSCO shipyard in Nantong, China. A new midsection was fitted to the bow and aft sections of the single-hull tanker. She has a carrying capacity in excess of 35,000 tons and an unobstructed deck area measuring 44.5 m x 130 m.
Service
MV Target is designed to transport complex, high-value cargo, including semi-submersible and jack-up drilling units, as well as offshore structures. She is managed by Anglo-Eastern Ship Management who provide technical and crew management.
In 2009, MV Target transported the Royal Navy ice-strengthened survey ship, from the Falkland Islands to Portsmouth.
Footnotes
References
- "Ships and Harbours Photos".
- "Target". Marine Traffic.
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- "MV ''Target''". Dockwise.
- (11 February 2009). "Falkland Islands Adventure for Dockwise". Dockwise.
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