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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
DEXTEROUS |
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GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1957 |
21/08/1956 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Tug Towing
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Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
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2089 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
473 grt / / 700 disp |
157.0 ft |
30.0 ft |
15.0 ft |
10.0 ft |
Engine builder |
Davey, Paxman & Co. Ltd., Colchester |
Engine detail |
Diesel-electric paddle tug. 4x12Cyl Paxman 12YHAXZ diesels of 1800 bhp total driving DC generators. 2xBritish Thompson Houston electric motors of 1640 bhp total driving independent paddle wheels. 13knots |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Port Auxiliary Service |
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Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
Vessel history |
Director Class paddle tug - Pennant A93. Primarily used to assist aircraft carriers in Gibraltar Naval Dockyard. |
Remarks |
Beam 60 ft over paddle boxes. Bollard pull 16tons. Range 5900 miles @ 13knots. Complement 22. |
End year |
Fate / Status |
1981 |
Broken Up |
Disposal Detail |
11/1981 towed from Gibraltar for scrapping at Seville |
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