"GLADSTONE"

Foto : R. Kempe

Foto : A. van 't Hooft

1977 HERKULES, 1990 TS HERKULES, 1994 GLADSTONE

Registered: IMO 7612620 /MMSI:232003173 /(GBR)ON 725784
253 GRT, L30,76m(28,50), B8,84m(8,81), D3,039m(3,61) - ice
2 VSP, 2x diesel 4tew 8cyl MaK type 8M331AK, 2400bhp-1766kW total, sp 12kn, bp 30t
equipped for ice-breaking

GLADSTONE
1977: Built by "Jadewerft (Wilhelmshaven) GmbH" at Wilhelmshaven (YN 138)
1977: delivered to "Primus J.W. Seetrecker GmbH & Co KG", mng "Hapag-Lloyd Transport & Service" at Bremerhaven
(DEU flag, regd Bremerhaven, c/s DECU)
198x: To "Hapag-Lloyd AG", mng "Hapag-Lloyd Transport & Service" at Bremerhaven
(DEU flag, regd Bremerhaven, c/s DECU, 249 GRT, 110 NRT)
1990: chartered to "ATCL - Alexandra Towing Co Ltd" at Liverpool (GBR), renamed TS HERKULES
(GBR flag, regd Liverpool, ON 725784, c/s MSAC5, 256 GRT, 100 NRT)
1993: charter taken over by "Howard Smith Towage Ltd" at London