"ZEELAND (URS - WILLEM MULLER - URS)"
foto : N. Heijboer

ZEELAND -1960-

1960 MARG. GERLING or MARGUERITE GERLING, 1991 ZEELAND, 1999 ELLA

Registered: IMO 5428087 /(NLD)IVR 23.20030
136 GRT, 18 NRT, L30,31m(27,01), B7,60m, D3,468m(4,25)  (99'5"x24'11"x11'4,5")
1 scr, diesel 4tew 6cyl K.H.Deutz type SBV6M545, 1000bhp-740kW, sp 13kn, bp 16t

1960: Built by "J. Boel & Zn" at Temse (YN 1379)
1960: delivered to "SARH - SA de Remorquage à Hélice" (H. Gerling) at Antwerpen
        (BEL flag, ON 514, call sign ORNT)
1974: fusioned with "URS - Unie van Redding en Sleepdienst" at Antwerpen
1979 -27/06: heavily damaged in collision with bukcarrier AINO near the Zandvlietsluis, renewal of wheelhouse and superstructure
1991: To "Sleepdienst Willem Muller" at Terneuzen (NLD), renamed ZEELAND
        (NLD flag, IVR 23.20030, call sign PE-7432)
1999: To "Survey & Supply (I.B. Harvey)" at Grimsby (GBR), renamed ELLA
        (GBR flag)
2002: Sold to private at Hartlepool for use as floating pub
2003: still in existence