"ZWITSERLAND"

Foto : C.E.A. van Boeckel
Foto : TUGSPOTTERS
Foto : coll. TUGSPOTTERS
Foto : Piet Anderiesse
Foto : Piet Anderiesse
Foto : coll. TUGSPOTTERS  uit een kalender van Willem Muller
Foto : D. Dijksman

ZWITSERLAND -1975-

1975 ACHILLES, 1977 ROUSTABOUT, 1980 ZWITSERLAND, 1989 CATRAIO, 1995 LEAO DOS MARES

Registered: IMO 7413830
274,48 GRT, 83,31 NRT, L31,22m(27,97), B9,m, D3,59m(4,86)
diesel 4tew V16cyl Brons-Appingedam type 16TD200, 3200bhp-2354kW-5500ihp-4800hp, sp 13kn, bp 55t

1975: Built by "Peters Scheepsbouw" at Kampen (YN 112)
1975: completed for "Neptun Bergnings och Dykeri A/B" at Stockholm, but never accepted because the new

type of main engine
1977: rented to "TSS - Towage & Salvage Services" at Ijmuiden, renamed ROUSTABOUT
1980: Sold to " Sleepdienst Willem Muller" (Sleepboot Mij Zwitserland) at Terneuzen, renamed ZWITSERLAND
        (call sign PIZR)
1980: charged with 60t railway iron by "Scheepswerf Weltevreden" at Harlingen
1984: taken over by "Bureau Wijsmuller " at IJmuiden
1988: To "Bureau Wijsmuller" at IJmuiden
1989 -xx/11: To "Sociedade Cooperativa dos Catraeiros do Porto de Lisboa" at Lissabon (PRT), renamed

CATRAIO
1993: To "Sociedade Portuguesa de Locacao Financeira" at Lissabon (PRT)
1995: To "Tinita - Transportes e Reboques Maritimos" at Porto Viana do Castelo (PRT) (daughter of "

Remolcanosa"), renamed LEAO DOS MARES
2003: still in service