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Name: ABEILLE NO 4
Launched: 25/09/1912
Completed: 10/1912
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 279
Dimensions: 181grt, 23nrt, 106.5 x 24.6 x 11.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (15.5, 25.0, 41.0 x 27ins), 107nhp, 700ihp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1912 Société de Remorquage et de Sauvetage 'Les Abeilles', Havre
1934 Société Cherbourgeoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage, Cherbourg
1934 Renamed CHERBOURGEOIS NO 2
1942 Sank
Comments: 1940: Seized by German authorities & used at Verdon and Rochefort
1942: Sunk by Allied aircraft near Texel
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey