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Name Official number Flag IMO
ABEILLE NO.8    FRA   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1879  24/11/1879   
Vessel type Vessel description
Tug   Iron Screw Steamer 1 Mast 
Builder Yard Yard no
Cunliffe & Dunlop, Port Glasgow Inch Works  140 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
169 grt / 0 nrt / 118.1 ft  19..0 ft  11.7 ft   
Engine builder Cunliffe & Dunlop, Port Glasgow
Engine detail
Twin C2cyl 17",30"x25" 78nhp 500ihp 11kn, 2-screw

1901 re-boilered 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Société de Remorquage et de Sauvetage 'Les Abeilles' - mng Antoine Wolter & Compagnie, Le Havre  Havre   
Other names
ABEILLE (launched) - 1936 SAUVETEUR NO 5 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
17/12/1879 sailed Greenock for Le Havre

by1910 156grt 0nrt, 117'8" x 18'11" x 12'2" (35.85 x 5.76 x 3.41m)
1936 Reduced to salvage barge  
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1938  Broken Up  
Disposal Detail
Scrapped at Le Havre 
 

 

Abeille No 8 - David Asprey
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Abeille No 8 - David Asprey
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