Alexander 3. Vessel type: Tug
Gross tonnage: 545 tons
Summer DWT: 375 tons
Length: 38 m
Beam: 11 m
Draught: 5.5 m
Home port: Athens
Class society: Lloyd's Shipping Register
Build year: 1990
Seen here out bound Souda Bay
Had hoped that the name on the tug would be readable on this old postcard.
Anyone recognise the location of the mooring (quite distinctive buoys) or the tugs?
HAMBURG TUGS
4 tugs from Hamburg waiting at Stadersand, Elbe at high tide for the arrival of Texaco North America to be turned around and berthed at the tank farm of Hamburger
Mineralölwerke Ernst Jung, Bassenfleth.
FAIRPLAY IV , 1954 completed by Theodor Buschmann, Hamburg, 800bhp...
HAMBURG TUGS
Location: Hamburg-Altona Jan/Feb. 1966. Tugs waiting for business. You see tugs of the company Petersen + Alpers. They owned many old steam engine tugs and their new builds had a diesel-electric drive which was unique at Hamburg, expensive to build, but very nice to operate when...
HAMBURG TUGS
Location: Hamburg, Rosshafen
Date: 1966
You see the shipyard of Howaldtswerke, Hamburg, later HDW Werk Ross in the background. The Tanker UNION of UK Tankschiff Reederei, 54.400tdw, is seen on the building berths, ready for launching.