Name: | ASHBROOKE |
Launched: | 26/04/1955 |
Completed: | 07/1955 |
Builder: | PK Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore |
Yard Number: | 57 |
Dimensions: | 119grt, 0nrt, 93.3 x 25.25 x 8.3ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, 12cyl (8.5 x 10ins), 1080bhp |
Engines by: | General Motors Corp, La Grange, Illinois |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 186845 |
History: | |
11/08/1955 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle |
01/1959 | Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd |
05/1977 | Transferred to Lawson Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle |
1982 | Sold to unknown buyers in Colombo; renamed ANIKITOS; sale fell through after renaming |
05/1982 | Orchid Maritime Co Ltd, Columbo; as ASHBROOKE |
05/1982 | Managed by Ippocampos Maritime (Hellas) Ltd |
1984 | Renamed GIGAS |
1984 | Renamed ASHBROOKE |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Engine was manufactured in 1944 |
05/1977: Cost £40,000 | |
05/1982: Cost £15,000 | |
2000: Deleted from LR as 'continued existence in doubt' |
Above photo is copyright of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo is copyright of Malcom Donnelly
Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo as ANIKITOS is copyright of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo as ANIKITOS is copyright of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo, taken 18/02/1983, is copyright of Michael Green