MAAS and dredger

[teesships]

MAAS (5216109), Netherlands, 280gt, completed Kinderdijk 1954
1954 MAAS - 19?? TROJAN - ???? MARK
(subsequent career names and fate not confirmed or known)

Greatly enlarged images from Albert Weller negatives of the MAAS and an unidentified bucket dredger in choppy conditions in Tees Bay.

Ron

[northeast]

Piet van Damme's record via Tugtalk

1954 MAAS, 1970 TROJAN, 1987 MARK

Registered: LR56-57:68637 /LR60-61:70248 /LR66-67:521610
IMO 5216109 /(NLD)IVR 27.09042 /(PHL)ON 213142
253 GRT, 12 NRT, L35,69m(33,48), B7,54m, Dr3,07m, Dp3,35m (117'1"x24'8"x12'0")
1 scr, 2x diesel 4t 6cyl Smit-MAN (n° 7 + 8) type R426 , 800bhp-1300ihp total @400rpm, sp 12kn

MAAS
1954 -30/06: Launched by "J. & K. Smit's Scheepswerf" at Kinderdijk (NLD) (YN 841)
1954 -xx/10: delivered to "L. Smit & Co's Sleepdienst NV" and "Internationale Sleepdienst Maatschappij NV" at Rotterdam (NLD)
(NLD flag, IVR 27.09042, c/s PFRB)
1961: rebuilt by "Niehuis & Van den Berg" at Rotterdam (NLD) and lengthened with 3,05m, new funnel
(295 GRT, 42 NRT, L39,02m(36,30), B7,52m, D3,658m(3,92)) (128'0"(119'1")x24'8"x12'0"(12'10"))
1971: To "Luzon Stevedoring Corp." at Manila (PHL), renamed TROJAN
(PHL flag, regd Manila, ON 213142, c/s DVLT)
(1980: by mistake in "Smit 150" and Lekko 37 mentioned as broken up)
198x: To "Sulpicio Lines Inc" at Cebu City (PHL) (1988-89 L.R.)
1987: To "Solid Towage & Lighterage" at Cebu City (PHL), renamed MARK (1995-96 L.R.)
(PHL flag, regd Manila, ON 213142, 244 GRT, 98 NRT)
2000: still in service
2004: still registered
2009: no longer represented on Equasis
fate unknown