Salvage tug. 871 grt; 610 dwt.
Operator: Bugsier Reederei-und Bergungs-AG, Hamburg, West Germany
Built: 1965 by F Schichau GmbH, Bremerhaven, West Germany. Yard no 1734.
Main engine: Vee-12-cylinder, four-stroke Deutz RBV12M350 of 3,000 bhp at 350 rpm. 46t bollard pull. Speed: 16 knots.
1983-laid-up in Bremerhaven, Germany
1985-sold to Powell Shipping & Trading Co Ltd London, renamed SEA RESCUER (Panama flag).
1987-sold to North Atlantic Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, Valletta, Malta, renamed PACIFIC RESCUER (Malta flag).
1990-arrested and laid-up at Colombo (Sri Lanka)
Reportedly still laid up in Colombo. (More likely to have been broken up?)
Photo: Gravesend, arriving Port of London circa 1980.