Name: | SIRIUS COVE |
Launched: | 27/08/1958 |
Completed: | 12/1958 |
Builder: | T Mitchison Ltd, Gateshead |
Yard Number: | 83 |
Dimensions: | 165grt, 0nrt, 98.0 x 26.0 x 10.9ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4tew, 6cyl, 1104bhp; (1996: 2 x Oil engines, V12cyl, 1040bhp) |
Engines By: | Mirrlees-Blackstone; (1996: Caterpillar) |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 199199 |
History: | |
12/1958 | J Fenwick & Co Pty Ltd, Sydney |
1973 | Derwent Tug Co Pty Ltd, Hobart; renamed CAPE RAOUL |
07/1983 | North Western Shipping & Towage Co Pty Ltd, Tasmania |
12/1996 | Islands Shipping Pty Ltd, Papua New Guinea |
01/2011 | Bismark Maritime Pty Ltd, Port Moresby; renamed HERCULES |
Comments: | 1996: Re-engined |
Still listed 2014 |
Above: Looks like returning from trials off the Tyne. Photo courtesy of Eddie Frost
Above photo as SIRIUS COVE courtesy of Buster Browne
Above photo as CAPE RAOUL courtesy of Buster Browne