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. |