"ZWARTE ZEE III"

foto : H. Visser

Build in 1933 at L. Smit & Sons, Kinderdijk under number 872.

Tonnage:            793

Length:               63, 35 (60, 10) m

Width:                9, 80 m

Depth:                5, 90 (4, 65) m

Engine: Two 4tew 6 cil. diesel engines from N. V. Werkspoor, Amsterdam (500 x 650) on a single screw. 31.00 e.p.k.

1933:               (October 3^rd) In service for L. Smit & Co’s Internationale Sleepdienst Maatschappij N. V.,Rotterdam.

1940:               (May 10^th) Taken over by the Royal Navy to tow the unfinished Hr Ms “Isaac Sweers” from Vlissingen to England.

1940:               (August 20^th) Bombed by the Germans at Falmouth and partly sunk. Raised and after repairs in 1941 (February) in service again.

1941:               “W 163”, Tug Rescue Section.

1945:               Back in Holland (Maassluis)

1948:               Partly rebuild (she got a new ass….sorry…a new stern)

1951:               (December 31^st) After collision with a Danish ship badly damaged and towed to St. Nazaire.

1952:               (January 11^th) arrived at Rotterdam for repairs.

1961:               “Zwarte Zee III”, renamed because her owner commissioned a new tug under the same name.

1962:               “Ierse Zee”, renamed because the shipyard layed the keel of a new tug under the name “Zwarte Zee”.

1966:               (October 27^th) Towed by the “Kinderdijk” and the “Kijkduin” to N. V. Frank Rijsdijk’s Industriële Ondernemingen, Hendrik Ido Ambacht for scrapping.