Mumbles - 1969

[Whickham]

MUMBLES was built by Richard Dunston at Hessle in 1969, YN 859
1969: Alexandra Towing Co
1993: Howard Smith Towage
1996: TP Towing, Gibraltar
2009: LUTAMAR, Setubal; renamed GUARDIAO

MUMBLES for Alexandra. Photographer unknown

MUMBLES for Howard Smith. Photographer unknown

MUMBLES for TP Towing. Photographer unknown

GUARDIAO. Photographer unknown

[tidesman]

MUMBLES
O.N. 305608. 291g. 0n. 112' 6" x 31' 0" x 12' 9"
9-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (12½" x 14½") Ruston 9ATCM type by Ruston and Hornsby, Lincoln, geared to a fixed pitch propeller operating within a Kort steerable nozzle. 2,190bhp. 13½ kts. 40 tons bollard pull.
4.11.1968: Launched by Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd., Hessle (Yard No. S.859) for the Alexandra Towing Company Ltd.
2.1969: Completed.
1.1.1996: Owners restyled as Howard Smith Towage Ltd.
1998: Sold as part of a Gibraltar operation management buyout to T. P. Towage Company Ltd. (Tom Penalver, manager), Gibraltar.
28.10.2008: Sold to Resistência Serviços a Navegação Lda (Grupo Lutamar), Setubal and renamed GUARDIÃO.
4.2017: Still on SeaWeb as in service, but without any updates.