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