Veteran tug Lyttleton, NZ:
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MAJOR REFIT PLANNED FOR HISTORIC NZ SHIP
LYTTELTON, built by Ferguson Bros, Port Glasgow, was working in her namesake port nearly four years before the TITANIC was launched, and she is still going strong running summer afternoon cruises for the Tug Lyttelton Preservation Society, which took her over in 1973 from the Lyttelton Harbour Board. However, necessary work on her means the coal-fired veteran will not be out on the harbour this summer. The society has set up a Give A Little website seeking contributions towards the vessel’s overhaul.“Unfortunately, when maintaining a 116-year-old ship, you get to the point where it needs major maintenance, and we are at this point,” it says.“Our boiler tubes need to be replaced before we can sail again. This means we will not be sailing in 2023-24.
Also sitting at one of the scrapyards in Gibson LA, were the tugs ELISA, LUCIA, OSG FREEDOM, and the supply vessel MINNIE FALGOUT, they might not be here for scrapping, but they look as if they haven’t been in service in several years. September 30, 2023.
Source: Fred's Freighter Photo's | Also sitting one of the scrapyards in Gibson LA, were the tugs ELISA, LUCIA, OSG FREEDOM, and the supply vessel MINNIE FALGOUT, they might not be here...
cmakin
October 3, 2023, 11:44am
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The ATB that I ran for many years in the 80s was scrapped there a couple of years ago. . .
“Smit Singapore” Ocean going salvage tug. Photo: Jan van Gijzen
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The tug De ZAAN operating in the Port of Amsterdam Photo : Jan Plug ©
Veteran tugboat “Lars”, blt 1893, south bound in Karmsundet yesterday:
Photo:
Arild B. via NSF
T/B Lars is the oldest tug in active service in Norway, mainly working in SW Norway with base in Stavanger.
A video from 2013:
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