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RANA & ABOMA

Registered: (GBR)ON ??
99 GRT, L24,46m, B6,55m, D2,59m
1 scr, diesel 5cyl British-Polar, 750bhp

RANA
1951: Built by "Cochrane & Sons Ltd" at Selby (GBR)
1951: delivered to "Gaselee & Son Ltd" at London (GBR)
1965: To "Ship Towage (London) Ltd" at London (GBR)
1969: To "London Tugs Ltd" at London (GBR)
1975: taken over by "ATCL - Alexandra Towing Co Ltd" at Liverpool (GBR)
1978: To "Humphrey & Grey (Lighterage) Ltd" at London (GBR), renamed REDRIFF
1984: To "Alan C. Bennett & Sons Ltd" at London/Rochester (GBR), re-renamed RANA
1990: mng Bennett subsidiary "Medway Lighterage" (GBR)
2002: To "Anderson" (GBR)
2006: Seen at Hoo Marina


Registered: LR60-61:82109
IMO 5345405 /(FRA)brevet:77.320 /(GBR)ON 362297
101 GRT, 0 NRT, L23,98m(22,03), B6,63m(6,61), D3,277m(3,36) (78'9"x23'4"x8'3")
1 scr, diesel 4tew 6cyl Werkspoor, 650bhp-485kW, sp 9,5kn

SUPERBE
1959: Built by "Ziegler Frères" at Dunkerque (FRA)
1959 -xx/09: delivered to "Soc. de Remorquage et de Sauvetage du Nord" at Dunkuerque (FRA)
1959 -21/09: registered (FRA flag, regd Dunkuerque, brevet:77.320, c/s TO 6005)
1973: To "London & Rochester Trading Co Ltd" (Crescent Shipping) at Rochester, Kent (GBR), renamed LUGGETTE
(GBR flag, regd Rochester, ON 362297, c/s GTHP, 116 GRT, 0 NRT)
1986: restyled to "Crescent Shipping Ltd" at Rochester (GBR)
1987: To "Thames & Medway Towing Co Ltd" at London (GBR), renamed ABOMA
1987: restyled to "Alan Charles Bennett & Sons Ltd" at London (GBR)
1992: broken up by ?? at Rainham, Kent (GBR) with engine damage

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