my name is Mike from north Wales, I was part of the team that built the Jack Ryan in 2000 in Belfast. I always regard the Glo-Mar Jack Rryan as 'my ship' and I love her.
I am pleased to see that she is a hard working and successful ship.
My deepest wish would be to visit her sometime. God bless her and all who sail in her.
Hiya, my name is Neil. I'm from Belfast and I served my time in Harland and Wolff. The Jack Ryan was the first ship I worked on as a tradesman so she'll always be my ship. Sorry mike!
Wow, my name is John Connor S. Ryan, Jack Ryan was my father. He died when I was 9 and I see this ship as something he left behind for himself and for my family. He was an amazing man, and I am so thankful for every man who worked on building it and who has worked on it. God bless
Hi, my name is Malcolm and I'm from Scotland. I also worked on her as a tradesman and her sister ship which were both built in Belfast. I loved working in Harland and Wolff. Great people and a wonderful city. Greetings to all who built and work on her.
With reference to Neil from Belfast, I was part of the team that built the Jack Ryan in 2000 in Belfast. I always regard the Glo-Mar Jack Rryan as 'my ship' and I love her", May I rephrase my earlier statement 'I like to think She is my ship, but because she is a lovely woman, I am just one of her men'
I have been Chief Electrician on the "Ryan" for the last 5 years, at coming up to 10 years old she is testament to the people who built her, very good ship.....
Added by Spark on 25 September 2009.
I too worked on both ships during their construction, and I'm glad I had that experience, and I'm pleased to see they are both working well.
I was one of the Scottish contingent that worked on Jack Ryan and CR Luigs..... I will never, as long as I live, forget my time in Belfast :) And just to clear up any mis-understanding,They are both MY ships, but Ill let you blokes share lol
I sailed from Cape Town, RSA to Dampier, Western Australia on her in 2002. Performed a survey of all her lifting gear in readiness for her first job in Aussie waters.
3 died 30th July, on the Jack Ryan. It resulted from a pedestal crane boom failure during load testing. Two bodies recovered. May God Rest their souls.
[Editor's note: various news stories out there - it certainly seems there has been an accident which has led to loss of life, though it may be that 2 of the 3 thrown overboard were rescued]
"The rig I am on in Nigeria, the Jack Ryan, today just had a major disaster. I was watching as it happened, they were load testing the port aft crane when the crane boom snapped! Also ripping the crane cab to bits, throwing the crane op and the ET around a 100ft to the sea below. Seen the poor buggers falling - they were lucky it wasnt the deck cause it was close. Also the lad who was supervising the load testing is missing, i.e dead, the ET is in a serious state, the crane op is hurt but looks like he will make it. It took Transocean fannies 15 MIN TO LAUNCH THE FRC BOAT. The small crane/hoist was spewing oil and wouldn't lower! And over an hour to get a full muster."
"Be safe lads 'cos disaster is never far away offshore, especially down here."
Added by Name withheld by Editor on 03 August 2010.
Yahoo! News 2/8/10: "An accident on an oil ship operating in a Total field off Nigeria's coast threw three workers overboard and one remained missing on Monday, company officials said."
"The accident occurred on Saturday when a crane collapsed on the Jack Ryan drill ship in the Akpo offshore field, officials from French company Total said on condition of anonymity."
"Two of the three workers were rescued after being thrown overboard."
"Production was temporarily shut down on the Transocean ship, but has since been restarted, one of the officials said. The cause of the accident was unclear."
Added by Monty on 25 August 2010.
i also worked on the Jack Ryan in Belfast and was lucky enough to be in the team of guys that sailed to Galveston Texas with her when she left Belfast.
Added by Leanne Ryan on 25 December 2006.