In service: 1977 - 1994
Owner: Unie van Redding & Sleepdienst NV - Antwerp.
Built: 1977
Shipyard: Beliard/Murdoch SA - Ostend.
Construction number: C-228
Dimensions: 45.62 x 11.51 x 6.13 x 4.70 m.
Content: 820 grt.
Call signal: O.R.Q.Q.
Lloyds/IMO: 7435589 Lloyds Register.
Machines: 2x two-stroke V12 cylinder General Motors type EMD16-645-E5, 230x254 coupled to 2 screws in Kort nozzle by means of a Reintjes coupling type WAV8400; 2x two-stroke 6 cylinder General Motors of 320 apk on Siemens generators 270 kW/440220 V/50 Hz; two-stroke 4 cylinder Hatz of 51 apk on harbor generator of Leroy-Somer 16 kW/220 V/60 Hz; bow thruster on two-stroke V12 cylinder Detroit type 12V71 with 360 apk through Reintjes coupling type BGA200 thrust 4 tons; towing/anchor handling winch Brusselle with 900 meters of 56 mm towing wire powered by a two-stroke V8 cylinder Detroit type 8V71 of 258 apk with an Allisson converter type CRT5000/5631.
Power: 5,600 apk; 4,119kW.
Speed: 13.6 knots.
Bollard pull: 84.1 tons.
Purchased: New construction
Sold: In 1994 as ANGLIAN EARL to Klyne Tugs Ltd.- Lowestoft.

Details: Class BV-1-3/3E.
In 2002 as SPSL EARL to Spsl. Earl Nevis-Nigeria.