Public Vessel Record
OPTIMUS PRIME
ex DEEP INVESTIGATOR · OCEAN INVESTIGATOR · DEEP INVESTGATOR · NORTHERN COMMANDER · GULLBASCall sign 9V5507
- Type
- Offshore
- Lifecycle
- Active
- Flag
- Turkey
- Built
- 1986
- Class
- TLV
OPTIMUS PRIME (IMO 8501098) is an Offshore built 1986, Turkey-flagged, TLV-classed.
156 t
Bollard pull (BP)
13,200 hp
BHP
DP Class 2
DP class
2,690 t
Deadweight (DWT)
How verification works5 of 19 specs from a primary source or corroborated beyond the reference databases
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01 — Identification
Class notation
nv*1a1 tug and supply vessel sf and fire fighter i and ii dynpos eo oilrec[2]
Reference databaseReport02 — Ownership & build
03 — Hull & capacity
04 — Propulsion & performance
05 — Capability
06 — Deck & accommodation
07 — Class-notation capabilities
Fire-fighting (FiFi)
FiFi 2
Class notation
Oil Recovery
Recovery-capable
Class notation
Normalized from the vessel's class notation across societies — a DNV DYNPOS-AUTR, ABS DPS-2 and LR DP(AA) all read as DP Class 2. Provenance follows the class-notation source.
Sources cited (4)
Data updated
- 1IACS — Vessels in Class public registerhttps://iacs.org.uk/membership/vessels-in-class ↗
- 2Commercial reference databases (not individually named)grouped category; individual databases are not publicly named
- 3Refvik (published)https://www.refvik.info/OSV/Offshore-Design-History-book-June-2025.pdf ↗
- 4USCG Port State Information Exchange (PSIX)https://cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/ ↗
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