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Name: FLYING SPINDRIFT
Launched: 28/10/1985
Completed: 31/01/1986
Builder: Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd, Hessle
Yard Number: 951
Dimensions: 259grt, 77nrt, 30.66 x 9.43 x 3.401metres
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, Ruston 6RKCM, 6cyl, 3,100bhp, 40tbp, 11.5kts
Engines By: Ruston Diesels Ltd, Newton-le-Willows
Propulsion: 2 x Stern mounted azimuthing multi-directional propellers
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 711816
History:
1985 Clyde Shipping Co Ltd, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow
1994 Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle
1995 Cory Towage Ltd
2000 Wijsmuller Marine Ltd
2001 Svitzer Marine Ltd
2009 Felixarc Marine Ltd
2012 FFS-AS (Farsund Fortøyningsselskap), Farsund, Norway
2012 Renamed FFS ATLAS
In service
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