Vessel and device for upending an elongate element from a deck of the vessel using a lifting means

A vessel comprising a lifting means provided in a position and a device for upending an elongate element from a deck of the vessel using the lifting means, comprising:

• a plurality of support structures, mutually coupled and running parallel to each other, each configured for supporting an elongate element of a plurality of elongate elements in lying position, wherein each support structure comprises for this purpose two support parts, placed at a mutual distance in a longitudinal direction of the support structure and connected to the deck, and configured for supporting peripheral parts of one elongate element provided in the support structure;
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• displacing means configured to displace the plurality of support structures collectively, parallel to the deck, towards or away from the position of the lifting means in a direction running substantially perpendicularly of the longitudinal direction of the support structures, which enables moving an elongate element provided in one of the support structures within reach of the lifting means;
• wherein at least one of the plurality of support structures of the device further comprises an upending tool which is connected for pivoting around an axis running parallel to an edge of the vessel to the at least one support structure and is configured to support an elongate element received in the at least one support structure when this elongate element is upended with the lifting means, wherein the upending tool is rotated around the axis;
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• wherein the support parts of a support structure in unloaded state, in which no element is present in the support parts, are rotatable around an axis running perpendicularly of the deck.