"TEMPEST"

Foto : J. Lingbeek

Foto : C. Giesberts
  
TEMPEST
 
1977 TEMPEST, 1999 SMITWIJS TEMPEST
 
Tug/AHT
Registered: IMO 7515377 /(VUT) ON 800
1368 GRT, 410 NRT, L48,11m(42,02), B13,85m, D6,389m(7,01) - fifi, ice
2 cpp +fix. nozzle, bowthr. 450bhp, 2x diesel 4tew 6cyl Stork-Werkspoor type 6TM410, 8500bhp-6875kW total,
 
sp 16kn, bp 120t
 
1976: Built by "Scheepswerf Van der Giessen-De Noord" at Alblasserdam (YN 908)
1976: delivered to "Bureau Wijsmuller" at Ijmuiden, managed by "Wijsmuller Salvage BV"
        (NLD flag, call sign PHXV)
1983: fit with bowfenders
1988: to Vanuatu flag
        (VUT flag, regd. Port Vila, ON 800, call sign YJZQ4)
1991 -xx/12: To "Smitwijs Towage CV", a joint-venture between "Wijsmuller Holding" and "Smit
 
Internationale" at Rotterdam
1999: renamed SMITWIJS TEMPEST
2003: still in service