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1939 KARL, 1940 EMPIRE HENCHMAN, 1946
KARL, 1963 CAPO FARO
The very first UK Navy Empire tug, requisitioned vessel
Registered: LR43-44:07241 /LR47-48:09370 /LR50-51:65189 /LR56-57:65923
/LR60-61:67256 /LR66-67:542662
IMO 5426625 /(GBR)ON 167402 /(SWE)ON 8749 /(ITA)ON 123
243 GRT, L34,24m(32,01), B8,11m(8,08), D3,785m(3,97)
(112.3'(109.2')x28.3'(26.6')x12.3' or
112'4"(105'0")x26'7"(26'6")x12'5"(13'0"))
1 scr, T3cyl, by "C.D. Holmes & Co Ltd" at Hull, oil fired,
144nhp-950ihp
EMPIRE HENCHMAN
1939 -31/08: Launched as KARL by "Cochrane & Sons Ltd" at Selby (YN
1206)
ordered by "Goteborgs Bogserings- och Bargnings AB (Goteborg Towage and
Salvage Co Ltd)" at Goteborg (SWE)
1940 -23/01: completed as EMPIRE HENCHMAN (req. by the UK MOWT whilst
fitting out), mng "UTC - United Towing Co Ltd" at Hull
(GBR flag, regd London, ON 167402, c/s MQYM)
1940: Involved in the evacuation at Dunquerque
1944 -06/06: served at the Normandie landing
1945 -17/05: owners' request for returning the vessel was refused
1945 -29/09: returned to "Goteborg's Bogserings & Bjargnings A/B", mng
G. Bothen at Goteborg (SWE), continued in naval service
1946: handed over to the owner, re-renamed KARL
(SWE flag, ON 8749, c/s SJIT, 259 GRT, 91 NRT)
1963: To "CAPIECI - Societa di Navigazione SpA" at Messina (ITA),
renamed CAPO FARO
(ITA flag, regd Messina, ON 123, c/s ILBZ, 264 GRT, 65 NRT)
1964 -xx/10: L.R. class withdrawn
1969: owners restyled to "CAPIECI SpA Societa di Navigazione e
Rimorchiatori"
198x: To "Carmello Picciotto fu Giuseppe" at Messina
1982: for breaking up to Milazzo
1988: LR88-89 (263 GRT, 65 NRT)
1995-96: still in LR as owned by "CAPIECI", later no longer represented
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