KARL
In service: 1976 - 1985
Owner: Petersen & Alpers GmbH & Co.KG - Hamburg
Built: Keel laid 03-10-1975; launched 21-04-1976; delivered 10-06-1976
Shipyard: Mützelfeldtwerft G.m.b.H.- Cuxhaven
Construction number: 194
Dimensions: 28.61 x 26.52 x 9.15 x 3.66 x 3.26-5.35m.
Tonnage: 223 GRT
Call signal: D.N.G.K.
Lloyds/IMO: 7528491 Lloyds Register
Machines: 2x four-stroke 8 cylinder Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz type SBA.8M.528, 220x280, nrs.5581748 & 5581749; each coupled to a Schottel Z propeller type SRP.501-500 in Short nozzle; 2 generators 50 kW-220380 V-50 Hz.
Power: 2,320 apk; 1,706 kW.
Speed: 11.5 knots
Pulling force: 36 tons
Purchased: New construction
Sold: On 05-11-1985 as FLYING KESTREL to The Alexandra Towing Co. Ltd. - Southampton.

Specifics: Brought in 1996 at Howard Smith Towage Ltd. - Southampton. On 18-11-2000 as ARION to B.Iskes - IJmuiden.
On 22-11-2004 Iskestugs BV - Velsen South