Name: | ABEILLE NO 20 |
Launched: | 15/09/1924 |
Completed: | 11/1924 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 324 |
Dimensions: | 160grt, 11nrt, 100.2 x 23.0 x 10.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (12.25, 21 & 33 x 24ins), 83nhp; |
(1957: Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (425 x 600mm), 500bhp) | |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields; |
(1957: Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg (MAN), Augsburg) | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1940: 167845) |
History: | |
1924 | Société de Remorquage et de Sauvetage "Les Abeilles", Le Havre |
1940 | Ministry of Shipping (Overseas Towing & Salvage Ltd, managers) |
1940 | Registered at Southampton |
1941 | Ministry of War Transport (Overseas Towing & Salvage Ltd, managers) |
1945 | Société de Remorquage et de Sauvetage "Les Abeilles", Le Havre |
1957 | Loucas Matsas & Sons Shipping Co Ltd, Piraeus; renamed AGHIOS NICHOLAOS |
1984 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1957: Re-engined with an engine that was manufactured in 1930 |
1984: Broken up at Eleusis |
Above photo as ABEILLE NO 20 is courtesy of David Asprey