MICHEL GERLING

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MICHEL GERLING
1947 - 1974
Société Anonyme de Remorquage à Hélice - Antwerpen.
Delivered October 1947 by NV Jos Boel & Zoon - Temse (1103)
31,09 x 7,35 x x 3,43 m.
151 grt.
O.R.N.W.
5234096 Lloyds Register.
2x 4SA 6 cylinder v/d Kerchone/Carels/Société d'Electricité & de Mécanique, 270x420 together connected to one electromotor connected to one propeller; after 1970 4SA V12 cylinder Cockerill/Ougree/Providence, 241x305; 1x 4SA 6 cylinder Daimler Benz 120 bhp connected to a Hansa generator 50 kW/220 V/50 Hz; 4SA 6 cylinder 130 bhp Maschinenfabrik Augsburg/Nürnberg connected to a Hansa generator 75 kW/220 V/50 Hz; 4SA 2 cylinder Slanzi 46 apk connected to a Hansa harbourset 25 kW/230 V/50 Hz; 1 portable salvage pump 60 t/uur; hydraulic towing hook Brusselle 40 tons; hydraulic towing winch Brusselle 800 meter wire 40 mm; hydraulic Briddle winch 3 tons.
650 bhp; after 1970, 3.200 bhp; 2.355 kW.
10 knots; after 1970, 13,8 knots.
8 tons BP; after 1970 43 tons.
Newbuilding
In 1974 brought in with Unie van Redding & Sleepdienst - Antwerpen

In 1970 totally rebuild at Terneuzense Scheepsbouw Maatschappij - Terneuzen.
In 1998 for scrap to Treffers - Haarlem.

Photo: Leopold Wijnen

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Unknown photographer's stroll along the Antwerp waterfront (print dated 12/7/1962)