by tidesman » Mon Jun 05, 2017 1:29 pm
6807175
DINGLE BAY
O.N. 400648. 299g. 129'1" x 29'11" x 12'3"oa. Fire-fighting tug.
6-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (15" x 18") KMR-6 type by Mirrlees National Ltd., Stockport, single reduction reverse geared to a single fixed pitch propeller operating within a Kort steerable nozzle. 2,520 bhp. 37 tons bollard pull. 12 kts.
1967: Ordered from Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd., Hessle upon Humber (Yard No. S. 854) by Wm. Cory & Son Ltd., London.
11.7.1967: Keel laid.
17.1.1968: Launched for Bantry Towing Co. Ltd., (R. & J. H. Rea Ltd., managers), Republic of Ireland.
1.5.1968: Completed. Registered at Cork.
5.5.1968: Delivered.
1970: Managers restyled as Cory Ship Towage Ltd.
1979: Irish Tugs Ltd., appointed as managers.
1985: Cory Towage Ltd., appointed as managers.
1987: Transferred to Irish Tugs Ltd., (same managers).
8.1998: Sold via French intermediaries to White Nile Corporation, (Getma Cameroun S. A., managers), St Vincent and The Grenadines and renamed CENTAURE for service at Douala.
2000: Necoship appointed as managers.
13.7.2001: Reported as sold to undisclosed owners and flag both unknown since then.
4.2017: Still in SeaWeb, as in service, but without any additional detail.
IMO No. does not appear on MarineTraffic/AIS