"TAURUS"

Foto: Yvon Perchoc

Foto: Yvon Perchoc
Foto: Yvon Perchoc
1966 LADY CECILIA, 2001 TAURUS

Registered: IMO 6522543 /(GBR) ON 307552 /(GBR) ON 402619
198 GRT, L32,39m(28,96), B9,05m, D3,506m(4,12) (106'3"(95'0")x29'8"x11'6"(13'6")) - fifi
2 scr, 2x diesel 4tew 7cyl Ruston type 7VEBCM, 2024bhp-2208kW total, sp 11,5kn, bp 25t

1965 -27/09: Launched by "Appledore Shipbuilding Co" at Appledore (GBR) (YN A.S.9)
1966 -12/01: delivered to "J. H. Pigott & Son Ltd" at Grimsby (GBR)
(GBR flag, regd Grimsby, ON 307552, c/s MIVH)
1974: To "Humber Tugs Ltd" at Grimsby (GBR)
1989 -xx/05: To "C.W. Shipping Ltd" at Tralee-Ireland, upgraded to fifi (only proposed to be named LADY BREDA)
(IRL flag, regd Tralee, ON 402619, c/s EI2959)
1996: To "Irish Tugs Ltd" (GBR)
1997: managed by "Cory Towage Ltd" (GBR)
1998: To "Cory Towage Ltd" at London (GBR)
1999: To "Shannon Tugs Ltd" at Cork/Limerick (IRL)
2001: To "Taipan Shipping Ltd" at Chaguaramas (TTO), renamed TAURUS
(TTO flag)
2007: still in service