Point Gilbert - 1972

Point Gilbert - 1972

Postby Whickham » Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:38 am

POINT GILBERT was built by Richard Dunston at Hessle in 1972, YN 886
1972: Smit & Cory International Port Towage
1976: Eastern Canada Towing, Halifax
1980: Cory Ship Towage, London
1983: Cory-King Tugs, Bristol
1992: Cory Towage, London
2000: Wijsmuller Marine
2001: Svitzer Marine
2007: Mortrans Service, Murmansk; renamed POINT GILBERT I
2007: Renamed GANGUT
2016: Renamed BOZKURT

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As BOZKURT. Photographer unknown
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Re: Point Gilbert - 1972

Postby tidesman » Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:46 pm

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POINT GILBERT
O.N. 358597. 334g. 39.40 x 9.61 x 3.652 metres oa. Fire-fighting tug.
12-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (254 x 305mm) 12RK3CM vee type by English Electric Diesels Ltd., Glasgow, single reduction geared to a controllable pitch propeller operating within a Kort steerable nozzle. 2,640 bhp. 37 tons bollard pull. 13 kts
1988: Additionally fitted with an "Aquamaster" type 671, retractable directional thrust controllable pitch propeller forward. Bollard pull increased to 45 tons.
18.12.1971: Keel laid by Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd., Hessle upon Humber (Yard No. S. 886) for Smit & Cory International Port Towage Ltd., (Cory Ship Towage Ltd., managers), London.
13.4.1972: Launched.
11.9.1972: Completed. Registered at London.
1976: Transferred to Halifax, Canada registry, and removed from management.
1980: Chartered to Cory Ship Towage Ltd., at Avonmouth, and subsequently transferred to London registry.
1992: Sold to Cory Towage Ltd.
1999: Refurbished internally and retractable bow unit upgraded in power.
3.4.2000: Owner restyled as Wijsmuller Marine Ltd.
30.9.2002: Owner restyled as Svitzer Marine Ltd.
24.6.2005: Sold with machinery damage to Turquoise Holding Corp, (D. Van Der Kamp, Holland) manager.
7.2007: To Sierra Leone flag.
8.2007: Renamed POINT GILBERT I.
10.2007: Renamed GANGUI then GANGUT under Russia flag
4.4.2008: Sold to JSC Mortrans Service, Murmansk.
2016: Renamed BOZKURT, under Sierra Leone flag.
4.2016: Sold to Aras Romorkor Hizmetleri Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd Sti, Turkey and to Turkish flag.
4.2017: Still in SeaWeb, as in service.
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