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Name: IRONSIDER
Launched: 10/07/1967
Completed: 25/09/1967
Builder: Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd, Hessle
Yard Number: S849
Dimensions: 156grt, 99.7 x 26.3 x 9.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, type RBV8M545, 8cyl (320 x 450mm), 1420bhp
Engines By: Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz, Cologne
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 305451
History:
09/1967 Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
1967 Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd, Newcastle
04/1986 Chartered to Tyne & Wear Tugs Ltd, Newcastle
06/1992 Proodos Naftiki Eteria; renamed MEGALOCHARI XII
06/1992 Manager became Megalohari Hellenic Tugboats, Piraeus
2008 Tugs Hatzigabriel Shipping Co, Piraeus; renamed ASTERI
20xx Tugboats Alexandrouplos Maritime, Piraeus
2022 Broken up
Comments: 09/1967: Cost £106,500
2022: Broken up at Aliaga


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is courtesy of Alan Hughes

Above photo is copyright of Ken Lubi

Above photo is courtesy of Alan Hughes

Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo is copyright of Stephen Swinhoe

Above photo is copyright of Ken Lubi

Above photo taken 20/6/1992, at Port Penrhyn, is copyright of Neil Burns

Above photo, taken 23/08/2000, is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is courtesy of Simon Elsdon

Above photo is copyright of Ton Grootenboer

Above photo as ASTERI is courtesy of David Asprey

Above photo as ASTERI is courtesy of David Asprey