"UNION FOUR"

Foto: Alfred Turner
Foto's : H. van Tiel
Foto's : F. de Paauw

1976 UNION FOUR

1976 UNION FOUR, 1990 TRADERS EXPRESS, 1990 OFFSHORE MONARCH

Tug/AHT
Registered: IMO 7431985 /(BEL)ON 2750 /(LBR)ON 9271
665 GRT, 93 NRT, L44,23m(39,73), B11,71m, D5,074m(5,95)
2 scr +nozzle, bowthr, 2x diesel 2tew V16cyl GM La Grange type 16-645E6,
2875bhp@900rpm (5700bhp total),
sp 14kn, bp 84t

1976: Built by "Jonker & Stans" at Hendrik Ido Ambacht (NLD) (YN 338)
1976 -xx/06: delivered to "URS - Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst" at Antwerpen (BEL)
        (BEL flag, ON 2750, call sign ORKA)
1990: To ??, renamed TRADERS EXPRESS
1990: To "McAllister Towing & Transportation Co Inc" (USA), renamed OFFSHORE MONARCH
        (LBR flag, regd Monrovia, ON 9271, call sign ELMX8)
2000: To "Offshore Express", mng "Offshore Speciality"
        (VUT flag, call sign YJRC8)
2003: still in service