Jan De Nul has named its newest cable laying vessel William Thomson, after the physicist.
The vessel will be an identical copy of Jan De Nul’s previously ordered XL cable laying vessel Fleeming Jenkin.
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With their three carousels and cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes, the sister vessels will be among the largest cable-laying vessels in the world equipped to support the expansion of offshore wind.
Thomson played a crucial role in the success of the transatlantic telegraph cable, helped lay the foundations of electromagnetic theory and was a great enthusiast of sea travel.
He paved the way for the modern offshore cable industry.