"DIRECTEUR FRED G  GERLING"

Foto : coll. Alan Hughes
Foto : R. Celie
Foto : F. de Paauw

1945 DIR. FRED. G. GERLING

(sisterships: DIR. FRED. G. GERLING, MICHEL GERLING)
Registered: LR47-48:06418 /LR56-57:57850 /LR66-67:509049
IMO 5090490 /(BEL)ON 272
151 GRT, 8 NRT, L31,09m, B7,17m, D3,429m (102'(94.5')x23.6'x9.8'(10.3'))
1 scr, d-e, 1 el-mot., 2x diesel 4tew 6cyl "SEM Carels & v.d. Kerchove" at Gent, 650bhp-478kW

DIR. FRED. G. GERLING
1941: keel laid by "Scheepswerven Jos. Boel & Zonen" at Temse (BEL) (YN 1025)
(identical to the MICHEL GERLING (direct diesel), but powered diesel-electric)
1945: completed for "SARH - SA de Remorquage à Hélice" (H. Gerling) at Antwerpen (BEL)
(BEL flag, regd Antwerpen, ON 272, c/s ORLE)
1974: fusioned to "URS - Unie van Redding en Sleepdienst" at Antwerpen (BEL)
1981: laid up, used as power station
1983: broken up at Noeveren (NLD)

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De officiële naam volgens LLoyd's '48, '55, '66, '76 is als hierboven.
Vaak verward met de "DIRECTEUR GERLING'(1892 en 1928).