Ex:1976 KARL, 1985 FLYING KESTREL, 2000 ARION
Registered: IMO 7528491 (GL 12541) /(DEU)ON 12174 /(GBR)ON 710381 /(NLD)IVR 25.10043
223,7 GRT, 166 NRT,
Loa:28,61m(26,52), B:9,15m, D:3,261m(3,66)
- ice
Machinery: 2 Schottel +nozzle, 2x diesel 4tew 8cyl K.H.Deutz type SBA8M528, 1160bhp (2320bhp total), Speed: 11,5kn,
BP: 34,8t
Re-engined 2002 2x diesel 4tew 6cyl ABC type 6MDZC, 2600bhp-1884kW @930rpm total
Speed: 11,6kn
BP: 40t

KARL
1976 -21/04: Launched by "Mützelfeldtwerft GmbH" at Cuxhaven (DEU) (YN 194) (keel laid 03/10/1975)
1976 -11/06: delivered to "Petersen & Alpers" at Hamburg (DEU) (DEU flag, regd Hamburg, ON 12174, c/s DNGK)
1984: chartered to "Adriaan Kooren" at Rotterdam (NLD)
1985 -05/11: To "Alexandra Towing Co" at Southampton (GBR), renamed FLYING KESTREL (GBR flag, regd Southampton, ON 710381, c/s GFSD)
1993: taken over by "Howard Smith Towage Ltd" at Southampton (GBR)
2000 -22/11: To " Sleepdienst B. Iskes & Zn" at Ijmuiden (NLD), renamed ARION (NLD flag, regd Ijmuiden, IVR 25.10043, c/s PFBZ, 243 GT, 72 NT)
2002: re-engined 2x diesel 4tew 6cyl ABC type 6MDZC, 2600bhp-1884kW @930rpm total
2005: In service

Rgds/Immen