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New Waterway 22-01-2008
Euronummer: 7001481
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Gross tonnage: 25
Type of ship: Tug
Year of build: 1942
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Length: 28,15 m
Ex name(s):
MATTHÄUS
LIMBURGIA
LIMMA
LIMBURGIA
© Stan Muller
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1943: Built by "Gebr. Boot" at Leiden (NLD)
1943: delivered to "Rederij Heinrich Schless NV" at Dordrecht (NLD)(owned by Ludwig Schless at Duisburg (DEU))
1963 -xx/03: To W.H.C. Stelt at Maasbracht (NLD) (NLD flag, IVR 23.11541)
1963: re-engined diesel 8cyl (1948) Brons (n°10038) type 8ED, 600bhp-442kW by "Scheepswerf van de Sande" at Breskens (engine originating from near Breskens sunken coaster, raised after 2 years, engine overhauled)
1963 -05/12: test-run, put in service for "Boele's Scheepswerven en Machinefabriek" at Bolnes (NLD), renamed LIMBURGIA
1986: To "Limma Schiffahrt AG" (Stelt) at Bazel (CHE), active in Rotterdam (NLD), renamed LIMMA (IVR 70.01481)
198x: To W.H.C. Stelt at Ridderkerk (NLD), re-renamed LIMBURGIA
1993: To Henk Stelt at Ridderkerk (NLD)
2005: Still in service
Limburgia
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ex MATTHÄUS Schiffsgemeischaft Ludwig Schless & Erben Joh. Koopmann, Duisburg-Ruhrort.
L: 27.83m x 5.98m x 1.97.
1949 re-engined by a 500 horsepower Appingedamer Brons Diesel Engine.
she flew in the 80ties for few years the Swiss flag.
further infos about her from the tug specialists would be much appreciated.
regards Carimar
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