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CHALE tug

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:21 pm
by aukepalmhof
This tug was built under yard No 4208 by J.I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Woolston near Southampton for the Southampton Isle of Wight & South England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ltd.
03 May 1965 launched as the CHALE.
Tonnage 254 grt., 152 net, dim. 34.17 x 9.02 x 2.97m.
Powered by two Crossley Bross, Oil 2SA 6 cyl. diesel engine, 1,500 hp, speed 12 knots.
Bollard pull 44 ton.

1990 Was the owner Tugs LTD, Southampton.
2011 Used as a harbour tug in Castries Harbour, St Lucia owned by Tugs Ltd., Castries, St Lucia.
IMO No 6513023.

2021 Same owner and name.

Source: Internet and http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz.