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Name: HOLMSIDER
Launched: 15/05/1984
Completed: 22/06/1984
Builder: Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd, Hessle
Yard Number: h943
Dimensions: 164grt, 28.02 x 7.83 x 2.891metres
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, 8cyl (222 x 292mm), 1125bhp
Engines by: Mirrlees Blackstone Ltd, Stamford
Propulsion: 1 x Screw (Controllable pitch); Kort rudder
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 398265
History:
06/1984 Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd; registered at Newcastle
1984 Chartered to Wear Tugs Ltd
04/1986 Chartered to Tyne & Wear Tugs Ltd
1995 Cory Towage Ltd
1997 Renamed WYEGARTH
1998 Karapiperis Towage, Salvage & Maritime Co, Greece; renamed KARAPIPERIS 15
1998 Karapiperis 15 Maritime Co, Salvage Tugs (Stavros Karapiperis, manager)
2019 N Boukos (Sirios Shipmanagement), Chalkis; renamed EVRIPOS IV
No later history known
Comments: 2021: Still In service


Above: Ready for launching. Photo is courtesy of Steve Carr

Above: Fitting out at Hessle 24/05/1984. Photo is copyright of Patrick Hill

Above photo as HOLMSIDER is courtesy of Alan Hughes

Above photo as HOLMSIDER is copyright of Harold Appleyard

Above photo as HOLMSIDER dated 04/06/1993 is copyright of Michael Green

Above photo as HOLMSIDER dated 03/1995 is copyright of Graeme Turner

Above photo as HOLMSIDER is courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe

Above photo as HOLMSIDER is copyright of Ken Lubi

Above photo as WYEGARTH is copyright of Danny Lynch

Above photo as WYEGARTH is courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo as KARAPIPERIS 15 is courtesy of Paul Hood

Above photo as KARAPIPERIS 15, dated 08/07/2005, is copyright of Nikos

Above photo as KARAPIPERIS 15, at Piraeus 22/10/2014, is copyright of Michael Green

Above photo as KARAPIPERIS 15, at Piraeus 22/10/2014, is copyright of Michael Green

Above photo as KARAPIPERIS 15, at Perama 2015, is copyright of Peter J Fitzpatrick