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Name: BAMBURGH
Launched: 08/12/1955
Completed: 03/1956
Builder: PK Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore
Yard Number: 59
Dimensions: 122grt, 93.3 x 25.25 x 8.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, 12cyl (8.5 x 10ins), 1080bhp
Engines By: General Motors Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186854
History:
03/1956 France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle
01/1959 Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd
05/1977 Transferred to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, but remaining on charter
1982 Sold to S Karapiperis; renamed KARAPIPERIS III, but sale fell through
05/1982 Orchid Maritime Co Ltd, Columbo; remained as BAMBURGH
1984 Renamed ATLAS
1984 Renamed BAMBURGH
1985 Mani Maritime Co, Piraeus; renamed SOSTIS
1986 Unknown owners
Comments: Engine was manufactured in 1944
2011: Still in service


Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo copyright of Ken Lubi

Above photo, dated 24/05/1964, copyright of Malcom Donnelly

Above photo, dated 08/1979 copyright of Dennis Maccoy

Above photo copyright of Stephen Swinhoe

Above photo, dated 18/02/1983, copyright of Michael Green