Category:Ambes (tugboat, 1944)

Type Tugboat
Built by J.K. year Welding Co. Brooklin, N.Y. (United States).Category:Unrecognized shipyard
Completion date 1944
Length overall 24.7 m (27 yd)
Beam 7 m (22.9 ft)
Draft 2.6 m (102.3 in)
Gross tonnage 136.13
Main engine Diesel Engine Company and Foundry Co, DMG type 38, 4-stroke, eight cylinder, 700 hp, 350 rev / min. 875 hp(1960)
Speed 10 knots

History

Category:ShipEvent Template maintenance
June 1944:Tugboat.
Owner: US Army
Name: ST 490
Flag: United StatesUS
1947: Owner: Port of Le Havre
Flag: FranceFrance
June 1952: Owner: URO - Union des Remorqueurs de l'Océan
Port of registry: Bordeaux
Registration: 72681
Callsign: TOXB
3 September 1955:
Operating with the loaded American Liberty ship "Lipari" to the jetty Trompeloup with 6,000 tons of miscellaneous equipment, capsized and sank immediately, killing three victims. The boss Mr. Houris, and three sailors succeeded in reaching the shore by swimming, but the other three sailors, MM Lesbas, Proster and Ferlut, were swallowed up by the boat.
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