Salvage tug
Owner: L. Smit & Co's Internationale Sleepdienst, Rotterdam
Flag: Netherlands
Builder: Schps. L. Smit & Zoon, Kinderdijk, Netherlands (Hull 936)
Gross tons: 526
Length overall: 46.18 m
Max. draft: 4.31 m
Engines: 2 x 8-cylinder diesels by Kromhout Motorenfabriek D. Goedkoop Jr. N.V., Amsterdam
Service speed: 14 knots
Completed June 1957
1967; re-engined with Deutz diesels & fitted with fire-fighting monitors
1977: transferred to Smit-Lloyd B.V., Singapore, renamed “Smit Jakarta”
1978: sold to Nor & Way Enterprises S.A., Panama, renamed “Dr. Daniëls”
1980 May: involved in “Cuban Mariel Boatlift”.
1982: sold to Gulf Caribbean Towing Co. Inc., Port Everglades, Florida, U.S.A., retaining name
1984: sold to Buzcador S.A., Panama, renamed “El Buzcador”; transferred later same year to Buzcador Shipping Ltd., Kingstown, St. Vincent
1985: sold to Lorena International Offshore Shipping Inc., Panama , renamed “C.A.R.T.II” (Panama flag)
1986: owners Charger Navigation Inc., Panama (same name); same year reportedly scuttled by crew while being chased by U.S. Coast Guard
Photo: at Cascaris Wharf, Grand Harbour, Valetta, 11th April 1965
Note: elsewhere on this website the name appears without a hyphen between “Barentsz” and “Zee”, but contemporary documentation & photos clearly show the hyphen