John Houlder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Houlder

British engineer

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1916

Place of Birth: Epsom, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Feb-2012

Profession: engineer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About John Houlder

  • John Maurice Houlder CBE MBE(Mil.) (20 February 1916 – 2 February 2012) was a British engineer, operator of Elstree Aerodrome. He was a pioneer in marine operations and design and was involved with the Kingsnorth Marine Drilling vessels.
  • His first diving support vessel was the Oregis originally built for Houlder as an Ore carrier, which he had converted for diving.
  • Following this he met Thor Haavie, a marine architect, at an exhibition where he was showing a design for a semisubmersible diving support vessel.
  • Houlder build this vessel in the mid 1970s at the Aker Yard in Norway.
  • Somehow the vessel came to be named after him and is still operating now as "Uncle John".
  • The next project was the "Orelia" diving support vessel which is a barge like vessel with six independent diesel driven thrusters arranged in a triangular configuration of three forward and three aft.

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