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Name: ASHBROOKE
Launched: 26/04/1955
Completed: 07/1955
Builder: PK Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore
Yard Number: 57
Dimensions: 119grt, 0nrt, 93.3 x 25.25 x 8.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, 12cyl (8.5 x 10ins), 1080bhp
Engines by: General Motors Corp, La Grange, Illinois
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186845
History:
11/08/1955 France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle
01/1959 Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd
05/1977 Transferred to Lawson Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle
1982 Sold to unknown buyers in Colombo; renamed ANIKITOS; sale fell through after renaming
05/1982 Orchid Maritime Co Ltd, Columbo; as ASHBROOKE
05/1982 Managed by Ippocampos Maritime (Hellas) Ltd
1984 Renamed GIGAS
1984 Renamed ASHBROOKE
No later history known
Comments: Engine was manufactured in 1944
05/1977: Cost £40,000
05/1982: Cost £15,000
2000: Deleted from LR as 'continued existence in doubt'


Above photo is copyright of Stephen Swinhoe

Above photo is copyright of Malcom Donnelly

Above photo is courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo as ANIKITOS is copyright of Stephen Swinhoe

Above photo as ANIKITOS is copyright of Stephen Swinhoe

Above photo, taken 18/02/1983, is copyright of Michael Green