Petrel
research vessel
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Petrel
- IMO number
- 9268629
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- research vessel
- Gross tonnage
- 3,371
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 76.5 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 2003
- Builder
- Vard Brattvaag
- Registered owner
- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Petrel
RV Petrel, or R/V Petrel (IMO: 9268629, MMSI: 235102789), is a 76.45 m (250.8 ft) research vessel sailing under the UK flag and owned by the United States Navy and once owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The ship is named after the petrel, a sea bird. The ship was completed by Brattvaag Skipsverft, Norway in 2003 as the deepwater offshore inspection vessel Seaway Petrel for service with Stolt Offshore. She was later renamed Acergy Petrel, then Seven Petrel with Subsea 7. In 2016, the ship was purchased by Allen, renamed Petrel and converted for deep-submergence research and archeology. Over two dozen wrecks were explored and recorded between 2017 and 2020, when the ship was laid up. In October 2022, she was purchased by the United States Navy's Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, for operation under Oceaneering International management.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Petrel now?
- Petrel has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Petrel?
- Petrel is a research vessel, built in 2003 by Vard Brattvaag. The vessel is 76.5 m long and has a gross tonnage of 3,371.
- Who owns Petrel?
- Petrel is registered to Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has Petrel been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Petrel appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).