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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| FLYING DIPPER |
300196 |
GBR |
5117066 |
| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1958 |
11/12/1957 |
04/04/1958 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Tug
| Steel Motor Vessel |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow |
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1615 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 274 grt / / |
113 ft 10 in |
29 ft 11 in |
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12 ft 3 in |
| Engine builder |
British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
| 7-cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. (340 x 570mm) 1,040 bhp. 13½ tons bollard pull. 1 screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Clyde Shipping Company Ltd., Glasgow. |
Glasgow |
03/04/1958 |
| Other names |
| 1977 PAMELA JOY |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1976 Transferred to Clyde Shipping (Tugs) Ltd., Glasgow.
1977 Nautilus Continental Lines S. A., Panama, and renamed PAMELA JOY.
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| Vessel history |
18/10/1966 Whilst assisting the British cargo liner DORIC (10,674g. /49), in Stephen’s Basin was struck and holed by one of DORIC’s propellers and sank without loss of life.
09/12/1966 Raised with the aid of the Admiralty salvage vessel SUCCOUR (775g. /44), and sent for repair.
14/07/1978 During her delivery voyage from Hull to Kuwait, put into Lisbon having suffered fire damage.
21/07/1978 Suffered an engine room fire that caused the vessel to sink at her R. Tagus anchorage.
17/08/1978 Raised and subsequently sold for demolition
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| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1985 |
Broken Up |
| Disposal Detail |
| 1978 Sold in a damaged state to Joao Luis Russo & Filhos, Setubal, for demolition but work not carried out until 1985 |
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Leaving Princess Dock
Image courtesy of : Colin Campbell
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In Yorkhill Basin
Image courtesy of : Colin Campbell
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In Yorkhill Basin
Image courtesy of : Colin Campbell
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As PAMELA JOY
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