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TORREMOLINOS - IMO 6400551

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Photographer:
Frafo [ View profile ]
Captured:
Mar 17, 1996
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Malaga, Spain
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Oct 13, 2014
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3,908 x 2,587

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Unknown tug pictured on March, 17 1996 at Malaga, noticed with the name TORREMOLINOS but cannot find such a ship.
Can anybody help?

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Didn't put two and two together - stern photo shows also former registry at Malaga
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1248065

With help of colleagues on TugTalk:

TORREMOLINOS: IMO 6400551
80grt 18nrt 20.91/23.14 x 6.46 x 3.05 (dr 2.91)m
built 1964 Sociedade Espanola de Constuccion Naval, Matagorda, Cadiz (Yd 103)
M6cyl 2SA Sulzer (made 1946)

1965 Remolcadores de Malaga SA, Malaga as TORREMOLINOS (ESP flag, reg Malaga, c/s EA-3539)
1993? rebuilt as a port service supply boat
1993 Barge & Boat Services SL, Las Palmas as MASPALOMAS (ON MA-5-1/1993, 75gt 22nt, 646bhp)[in Spanish register as MAS PALOMAS]

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Could there be a connection? This vessel is the former 'Torremolinos'. Looking very carefully at the hull shape and apparent age, there are many similarities, despite a major rebuild.
What do you think Frafo?
Regards, Rick

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