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MAMBA

MAMBA
Registered: (GBR)ON 302599
83 GRT, 0 NRT, L26,14m, B6,55m, D3,28m (85.8'x21.5'x10.8')
1 scr, diesel 4tew 8cyl K.H.Deutz type SBV8M545, 1000bhp

FOSSA
1961: Built by "Henry Scarr Ltd" at Hessle (GBR) (YN 775)
1961: delivered to "Gaselee & Sons Ltd" at London (GBR)
(GBR flag, regd London, ON 302599)
1965 -xx/05: To "Ship Towage (London) Ltd", mng "Cory Towage Ltd" at London (GBR)
(steam-look funnel rebuilt to genuine diesel funnel)
1969: To "London Tugs Ltd" at London (GBR)
1975: taken over by "ATCL - Alexandra Towing (London) Co Ltd" (GBR)
1977: To "Darling Bros Ltd" at London (GBR), renamed KILDA
1987: To "Alan C. Bennett & Sons Ltd" at London/Rochester (GBR), renamed MAMBA
1990: mng Bennett subsidiary "Medway Lighterage" (GBR)
2002: To Simon Bradley, converted to houseboat at Port Werburgh on the Medway (GBR)
200x: To Aaron Hammond (GBR)
2003: put for sale
2011: Still at Port Werburgh poor state
2013: In poor state (wheelhouse varnished and stbd bulwark partly painted but nothing else done)
2014: for sale £29,500

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