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Name: WOOREE
Launched: 23/12/1957
Completed: 06/1958
Builder: T Mitchison Ltd, Gateshead
Yard Number: 84
Dimensions: 210grt, 106.2 x 28.1 x 12.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, F4AUM8 type, 8cyl, 1040bhp
Engines By: National Gas & Oil Engine Co Ltd, Ashton-under-Lyne
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 199194
History:
1958 Waratah Tug & Salvage Co Pty, Sydney
1968 Adelaide Steamship Industries Pty
1977 Eagle Fisheries Pty
1980 Raptis Investments Pty
1988 Universal Pacific Marine
1990 Glen Symonds, Nelson Bay
1991 Argosy Maritime Services
1991 Falcon Resources SA
1992 Broken up
Comments: Designed by Burness, Corlett & Partners
1977: Proposed conversion to a fishing vessel
1992: Broken up at Alang, India


Above photo courtesy of Buster J Browne

Above photo courtesy of Buster J Browne

In ownership of Falcon Resources, photo courtesy of Buster J Browne

21/03/2010 - Brian Anderson got in touch from Australia to say that he was third engineer on board the WOOREE on its maiden voyage to Sydney. He joined the tug on the 10th June 1958 & discharged on the 29th August 1958. It was a good trip.