MULTIFUNCTIONAL PIPE-LAYING VESSEL Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC B63B35/03 F16L1/18 

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: pipe-laying vessel is proposed, which has a fore part, an aft part, and an upper deck with a drilling shaft passing through the upper deck. The vessel comprises a device for accommodating a pipe in case of S-shaped laying of pipes, located below the upper deck, having a main mounting line passing along the center line of the vessel, and a production site of pipe assembly for assembling single pipe segments to form pipe assemblies and to feed them to a mounting line for accommodating from the vessel. The vessel additionally comprises a device for accommodating a pipe in case of J-shaped laying of pipes to accommodate the pipe through the drill shaft. The device for accommodating a pipe in case of J-shaped laying of pipes comprises a tower located above the drilling shaft and round-trip equipment for pipes for feeding pipe assemblies from the mounting line to the tower. The drilling shaft is located on one side of the mounting line.

EFFECT: relatively compact design, minimum length and breadth of vessel.

19 cl, 8 dwg