Name: | ATLAS |
Launched: | 14/04/1926 |
Completed: | 10/1926 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 327 |
Dimensions: | 620grt, 21nrt, 165.7 x 32.2 x 14.8ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 33ins), 334nhp, 3240ihp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (IMO: 5036872) |
History: | |
1926 | Cie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, Port Said |
1958 | Company restyled Suez Canal Authority, Port Said; renamed BARIE |
1974 | Broken up |
Comments: | Classed as a tug and salvage vessel |
Also known as ATLAS NO 108 | |
07/06/1967: Scuttled in the Suez Canal during the "Six Day War" | |
1974: Raised and broken up | |
The canal was closed between 05/06/1967 & 05/06/1975 |
Above photo as ATLAS is courtesy of Jaap Bijl
Above photo as ATLAS is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo as ATLAS is copyright of South Shields Libraries
Above photo as ATLAS is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Thursday, 22/04/1926