LEON THEVENIN
Other · Mauritius · Class A
Current position
updated 4 days agoIdentity & particulars
- Name
- LEON THEVENIN
- IMO number
- 8108676
- MMSI
- 645400000
- Call sign
- 3BSP
- Flag
- 🇲🇺 Mauritius
- Vessel type
- Other
- Gross tonnage
- 5,887
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 118 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1983
- Builder
- Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About LEON THEVENIN
The Léon Thévenin is a French cable-laying vessel named in honour of French engineer Léon Charles Thévenin. The Léon Thévenin was famously used in conjunction with a robot submarine named Scarab 1 for recovering the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) boxes from Air India Flight 182 that was destroyed in mid-air by a bomb as it was crossing Irish airspace, on 23 June 1985. By 4 July, the sonar of the British ship Gardline Locater had detected signals on the seabed and on 9 July the CVR was pin-pointed and raised to the surface by the Scarab 1. The next day the FDR was located and recovered. It is currently owned and operated by Orange Marine, operating out of the Port of Cape Town, and replacing the function of the CS Chamarel, which was previously stationed there to service African undersea fiber cables.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is LEON THEVENIN now?
- LEON THEVENIN (IMO 8108676) was last detected in the South Atlantic Ocean at 33.9037° S, 18.4240° E, making 0.0 knots — 4 days ago. Seadar tracks LEON THEVENIN live and free using AIS, with no paywall on position or identity.
- What kind of ship is LEON THEVENIN?
- LEON THEVENIN is a other sailing under the flag of Mauritius, built in 1983 by Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre. The vessel is 118 m long and has a gross tonnage of 5,887.
- Has LEON THEVENIN been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for LEON THEVENIN appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).