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Portuguese tug beached on the peninsula of Macanette, Maputo, Mozambique
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IMO: 5067754
Type: Tugboat
Built by: Gebr. Niestern, Delfzijl
Yard number: 220
Launched: 1938.09.17
Completed: 1939.04
Length overall: 50.27 m
Beam: 9.10 m
Depth: 3,25 m
GT: 475
Engines: 2 x MAN, nrs. 580530 and 580540, 4SA 8cyl (365 X 550), 2 x 750 bhp
Engine manuf.: Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG (MAN)
History
1939.04 Named Chaimite; Flag: Portugal
Call sign: CQAQ
Port: Lourenço Marques
Owner: Governo da Colonia de Moçambique / Capitan do Porto de Lourenço Marques
1979.12 Flag: Mozambique
Call sign: C9KQ
Port: Maputo
Owner: Capitania do Porto de Maputo
During 1980s beached on Penisula de Macaneta (Maputo) and abandoned
Information:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:IMO_5067754
If you visit wikipedia it gives you this location:
25°48'21.4"S 32°44'02.8"E
But that location is wrong
The true location of the Chaimite ship according to my research is this:
Location: 25°52'05.3"S 32°44'51.2"E
Google Maps:
https://acortar.link/Xzsh2N
Google Earth image from June 2003:
https://i.ibb.co/P4PxQFg/Chaimite-1.jpg
Google Earth image from January 2007:
https://i.ibb.co/LCCThdB/Chaimite-2.jpg
As I always say, everything can be found through research.
Greetings
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GT: 475 tons
Built: 1939
Flag: Portugal
Builder: NIESTERN SANDER DELFZIJL - DELFZIJL, NETHERLANDS, yard no. 220.
Later name: CHAI as from 1979 Dec 31
Last known flag MOZAMBIQUE
L. Brown.
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