"BATTLEAXE"
foto: W.Kik
Foto : Henk Vanderheijden
Foto : Frits Janse
Foto : J.P. Hoogendoorn
Foto : J.P. Hoogendoorn
Foto : J. Lingbeek
Foto : N. van  Lier
Foto : F. Janse
Foto : F. Janse

Foto : Chris Jones

De BATTLEAXE:

1978 LYRIE, 1996 ELSIE, 1998 BATTLEAXE

Registered: IMO 7636913 /(GBR) ON 379503
423 GRT, 126 NRT/392 GRT, L37,98m(32,92), B10,55m, D4,388m(5,24) - fifi, salv.
2 cpp + Kort nozzle, bowthr., 2x diesel 4tew V12cyl Ruston type 12RKCM, 3720bhp-2775kW total, sp 14kn, bp 54t

1978 -05/07: Launched by "Hall, Russell Co Ltd" at Aberdeen (YN 978)
1978 -06/11: completed for "Shetland Towage Co Ltd" at Lerwick (regd. Lerwick ON 379503, call sign GXWQ)
1996 -xx/07: To "Cory Towage Ltd"
1996 -xx/08: managed by "Cory Panama Corp" (Panama flag), renamed ELSIE
1996 -14/08: departed from Tyneside to Puerto Armuelles, Panama
1997: removed from management
1998 -09/09: arrived at Greenock
1998 -13/10: transferred to Liverpool (regd. Glasgow), renamed BATTLEAXE
1999 -xx/03: dispatched to Lithuania (regd. Klaipeda)
2003: to St.Vincent flag, regd. at Kingstown
2003 -xx/07: to GBR flag, regd. Glasgow
200x: taken over by "Svitzer Marine" at Kopenhagen (DNK) (call sign MBCG6, 423 GRT)
2006: still in service