Name: | ABEILLE NO 21 |
Launched: | 24/01/1925 |
Completed: | 03/1925 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 325 |
Dimensions: | 232grt, 4nrt, 110.5 x 25.5 x 12.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (16.5, 27 & 44 x 30ins), 152nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1940: 144010) |
History: | |
03/1925 | Société de Remorquage et de Sauvetage "Les Abeilles", Le Havre |
19/08/1940 | Ministry of Shipping (Overseas Towing & Salvage Ltd, managers) |
1940 | Registered at Swansea |
1941 | Ministry of War Transport (Overseas Towing & Salvage Ltd, managers) |
1944 | On Admiralty service as a rescue tug |
20/12/1945 | Returned to Société de Remorquage et de Sauvetage "Les Abeilles", Le Havre |
1960 | Unknown owner |
No later history known | |
Comments: |
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