Pictured on the North Sea Canal near Ijmuiden, Netherlands on 15/02/2011.
Towing the veteran cable laying barge 'Henry P. Lading'.
IMO 8646484.
Originally built in 1930 by Palmers’ Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd., Hebburn, Newcastle, England (1000) as the tanker 'Peter Hurll'.
See here:- http://www.aukevisser.nl/inter/id680.htm
Sold & renamed 'Esso Kobenhavn' in 1948.
Sold for demolition in Odense, Denmark in 1963 but the bow was retained and converted into a cable/pipe laying barge.
Owners info page:- http://www.jydskdyk.dk/HTML/Fleet/hpl/HPL.htm
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Tug 'Lucas'. Built in 1977 by Richard Dunston, Hessle, England (910), 277 g.t., 175 dwt., & 40 tons bollard pull,
as :-
'Sun Essex' to 2000,
'Big' to 2002,
'Susanne A.' to 2007 &
'Lucas' since.
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Spec sheet here:- http://www.dan-tug.dk/filer/LUCASparticulars.htm
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Photo by kind permission of Willem Koper.
Regards, Rick