Device for providing a sizeable, slender object having a longitudinal direction into an underwater bottom from a deck of a vessel, the device comprising: - a lifting means configured to take up the object at a lifting point thereof and position it on the underwater bottom; - an upending tool configured to be connected to an edge of the vessel and configured to engage a first circumferential part of the object and support a lower end of the object for supporting the object in the longitudinal direction when suspended from the lifting means, thereby providing a pivot around which the object can be upended; and - a gripping tool comprising a gripping unit and a support frame, configured to be connected to an edge of the vessel, the gripping unit being configured to engage a second circumferential part of the object suspended from the lifting means while the first circumferential part is still engaged by the upending tool, and wherein the first and second circumferential parts (4a, 4b) are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the object; wherein the device further comprises - an actuator system configured to act on the upending tool and the gripping tool and control movements of the first and the second circumferential parts (4a, 4b), relative to the vessel, wherein the actuator system is configured to act on the gripping tool and translate the second circumferential part of the upended object relative to the vessel in a substantially horizontal plane, thereby compensating for vessel motions, such that the second circumferential part of the upended object is held in a substantially fixed position relative to the underwater bottom in the substantially horizontal plane. - a lifting means configured to take up the object at a lifting point thereof and position it on the underwater bottom; - an upending tool configured to be connected to an edge of the vessel and configured to engage a first circumferential part of the object and support a lower end of the object for supporting the object in the longitudinal direction when suspended from the lifting means, thereby providing a pivot around which the object can be upended; and - a gripping tool comprising a gripping unit and a support frame, configured to be connected to an edge of the vessel, the gripping unit being configured to engage a second circumferential part of the object suspended from the lifting means while the first circumferential part is still engaged by the upending tool, and wherein the first and second circumferential parts (4a, 4b) are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the object; - an actuator system configured to act on the upending tool and the gripping tool and control movements of the first and the second circumferential parts (4a, 4b), relative to the vessel, wherein the actuator system is configured to act on the gripping tool and translate the second circumferential part of the upended object relative to the vessel in a substantially horizontal plane, thereby compensating for vessel motions, such that the second circumferential part of the upended object is held in a substantially fixed position relative to the underwater bottom in the substantially horizontal plane.