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svitzer stanlow

29/8/2014

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Svitzer Stanlow photographed hard at work on the River Mersey on 20 March 2014 above and 11 April 2014 below when I photographed her assisting Navion Oceania into Tranmere. She is a common site on the river and I have seen her many times over the years.

Built for Svitzer Marine Ltd by the ASL Shipyard in Singapore she joined  the existing fleet of tugs working on the River Mersey in 2006. She was christened in Liverpool on 7 September 2006 after arriving from Singapore a few days before. The new vessel was officially named at Ellesmere Port by the  wife of the Shell refinery manager. Stanlow was been chosen to because Shell have a local headquarters located in Stanlow.
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Svitzer Stanlow is a 'fin-first' Voith tractor built to a Svitzer Wijsmuller 'inhouse' design. She measures 37.60m in length  with a 13.50m beam and  6.05m. draught.

The vessel is powered by a pair of MAK 8M25 diesel engines (5280 kW) which power twin Voith Schneider 32 RS/265-2 cycloidal propellers each with a blade orbit of 3.2m. This gives the tug a static bollard pull of 70 tons and  free running speed of 15 knots.

Electrical  power is supplied by two Volvo Penta TAMD 103A KC/HCM434E generator sets each rated at 225kW. 

Her fire fighting system comprises SFP250x350 pumps delivering 1,524 m3/h and 1,240 m3/h. 

Air conditioned accommodation is provided on board for a maximum of five persons each in single en-suite cabins. Th vessel also has a mess room and galley as well as on board facilities for laundry and storage.

MMSI -235010620
REG -  UK.
IMO - 9352793
Call Sign - MLNF7
Tug
Built - ASL, Singapore
Yard No. - 500
L 37.6m W 13.5m
GT 656
Year - 2007
Liverpool, 20 March 2014 and 11 April 2014
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    My interest in ships and the sea started back in 2006 when I worked for a couple of years  on the banks of the River Mersey. I have since been on a couple of cruises around the Med and in the Far East and have started to take more interest in researching and photographing some of the ships and other vessels seen on my travels.

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