"TYPHOON"

Picture: Jamie Reurink

Foto : Gijs Dijkdrenth

Foto : Gijs Dijkdrenth

Foto : Gijs Dijkdrenth

Foto : Gijs Dijkdrenth

TYPHOON

1976 TYPHOON, 1999 SMITWIJS TYPHOON, 2005 TYPHOON

Tug/AHT
Registered: IMO 7515365 /(VUT)ON 283
1368 GRT, 410 NRT, L48,11m(42,02), B13,87m, D6,382m(7,01)
2 cpp +f. nozzle, 1 bowthr. 450bhp, 2x diesel 4tew 6cyl Stork-Werkspoor type 6TM410, 8500bhp-6875kW-14000 ihp total, sp 16kn, bp 120t

1976: Built by "Scheepswerf Van der Giessen-De Noord" at Alblasserdam (YN 907)
1976 -xx/12: delivered to "Bureau Wijsmuller" at Ijmuiden, managed by "Wijsmuller Salvage BV"
        (NLD flag, c/s PIBY)
1983: fitted with bowfenders
1988: to Vanuatu flag (VUT), homeport Port Vila, mng "CW Marine Services"
        (VUT flag, regd Port Vila, ON 283, c/s YJWY4)
1991: To "Smitwijs Towage CV" at Rotterdam, a joint-venture between "Wijsmuller Holding BV" and "Smit Internationale"
1999: renamed SMITWIJS TYPHOON
2005: sold to ITC renamed TYPHOON  2006 : Still in service