Name: | VARCO |
Launched: | 30/05/1956 |
Completed: | 1956 |
Builder: | T Mitchison Ltd, Gateshead |
Yard Number: | 77 |
Dimensions: | 45grt, 22.2 x 5.68 x 2.69metres |
Engines: | Oil engine, R4AM6 type, 6cyl, 460bhp |
Engines By: | National Diesel |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
1956 | Samuel Williams & Sons Ltd (Dagenham Lighterage Co Ltd, manager), London |
1971 | MJ Batty (Panama) Ltd SA, Singapore; renamed MIGHT B |
197X | Wallem Towage & Salvage Pte Ltd; renamed JADE GULF (or GOLD GULF) |
197X | Maritime Pte Ltd, Singapore |
No further history known | |
Comments: | Supposedly re-engined with a 6cyl, GM Detroit, type 6-71 |
1971: Sent from Singapore to Ganges Delta for employment on UN aid contracts | |
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