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Photographer:
Anton Heuff [ View profile ]
Title:
Amazon
Photo Category:
Tugs
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Jan 18, 2007
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The AMAZON is pictured at Piraeus, at a time when ferries and general cargo ships shared the harbour basin. The 'waiting room' for the tugs was in a corner where at present the hydrofoils to Aegina have their berth. The ferry in the background is Minoan Lines' ARIADNE.

Built 1958 at Jonker & Stans, H-I-Ambacht, Netherlands (282). 17 t bollard pull coastal and harbour tug. 192 grt. 30.19 x 7.82 x 3.08 m. 1958 HECTOR (Bureau Wijsmuller, IJmuiden, Netherlands). 1983 AMAZON (Loucas G, Matsas, Piraeus, Greece). 2006 in service.

Scanned from a colour slide (dia). Place and date: Piraeus, Greece, 1984. Please credit Photo Fleet File Rotterdam when you save the scan to your computer.

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Current name:
AMAZON
Vessel Type:
Tug
Gross tonnage:
197 tons

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Ex: 1958 HECTOR, 1983 AMAZON
Registered: LR60-61:63786 /LR66-67:514511
IMO 5145116 /(NLD)IVR 30.21207 (GRC)ON 3137, Call Sign : SV7618
200 GRT, 11 NRT,
Loa:30,21m(28,12), B:8,28m(7,79), D:3,245m(3,99) (99'1"(92'3")x27'2"(25'6.1/2")x10'7.3/4")
Machinery:1 fpp, 2x diesel 2tew 8cyl Bolnes (nr.1721 +1722), 1200ihp total, Speed: 13kn,
BP: 17t
Tuned up 1969 to 2150ihp total (800bhp-588kW total)

HECTOR
1958: Built by "Jonker & Stans" at Hendrik Ido Ambacht (NLD) (YN 282)
1958 -xx/07: Delivered to "Bureau Wijsmuller" at Ijmuiden (NLD)
(NLD flag, regd Ijmuiden, IVR 30.21207, c/s PEOX)
1969: Tuned up to 2150ihp total (192 GRT, 11 NRT)
197x: In service in Lybia
1981 -05/10: To "General Tugboat Co" (daughter of "Bureau Wijsmuller") at Willemstad (ANT)
1982: To "Loucas G. Matsas Salvage & Towage Maritime Co" at Piraeus (GRC)(GRC flag, regd Piraeus, ON 3137, c/s SV7618)
1983: Renamed AMAZON
2006-11-20: Still in service

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