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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2014
Paul Jauncey, Aylesbury, GB;
Jose Suarez, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul Jauncey, Aylesbury, GB;
Jose Suarez, San Diego, CA (US);
Gobbler Oil Spill Recovery Ltd., Wingrave, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Abstract
An oil spill recovery vessel () is provided that comprises a catamaran bow section () with twin hulls between which an oil skimmer unit () is arranged for displacement between a lowered, operating, position in oil-polluted water and a raised, non-operational, position clear of the water. Aft of the catamaran bow section () is a trimaran main section () made up of a central hull interposed between two outer hulls formed by aft continuations of the twin hulls of the catamaran bow section (); the three hulls of the trimaran main section have conjoined upper portions. A propulsion unit () is operative to move the vessel () forward at slow speed for skimming operations, and, with the skimmer unit () in its raised position, at a fast speed in which the vessel planes on its trimaran main section ().