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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
STRONGBOW |
376974 |
GBR |
7400948 |
Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1977 |
14/07/1976 |
08/02/1977 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Tug Towing
| Steel Motor Vessel |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon |
Troon |
549 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
392 grt / 0 nrt / |
37.95 m |
10.85 m |
4.306 m |
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Engine builder |
Ruston Diesels Ltd., Newton-le-Willows |
Engine detail |
M16cyl Vee oil 4SA (254 x 305mm) 3500bhp 13kn. SR geared, 1-screw, controllable pitch |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Rea Towing Co Ltd, Birkenhead - mng Cory Ship Towage (Clyde) Ltd, Glasgow |
Glasgow |
08/02/1877 |
Other names |
1981 KIBOKO - 2004 STRONGBOW - 2005 RHINO - 2006 KMC RHINO |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1981 Kenya Ports Authority, Mombasa - reg Mombasa 2004 Alba Petroleum Co Ltd, Mombasa 2005 Alshaz Ltd, BVI - mng Alba Petroleum Co Ltd 2006 Kenya Marine Contractors EPZ Ltd, Mombasa by3/2011 Comoros flag by7/2012 reg Zanzibar c2015 sold? |
Vessel history |
2005 rebuilt after sinking at Mombasa. |
Remarks |
Tug/fire-fighting/pollution control |
End year |
Fate / Status |
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Disposal Detail |
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Passing Fairfields Govan
Image courtesy of : Colin Campbell
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Opposite Yorkhill (Staffordshire)
Image courtesy of : Colin Campbell
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Fairfields Basin
Image courtesy of : Colin Campbell
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KMC RHINO
Image courtesy of : Fog Horn 17/01/2022
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