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IBERIA

(sisterships: KAPELLE, KIJKDUIN)
Registered: (NLD)brand:10381 B Rott 1959 /(NLD)IVR 23.10381
24 GRT, displ.18,4t, L22,80m(20,60), B6,20m, Dr2,35m, Dp3,00m
1 scr +nozzle, diesel 4tew 6cyl Smit-MAN (nr.17) type RD.426, 395bhp-291kW
re-engined 1991 diesel (1973) Caterpillar type D398PCTA, 865bhp-632kW (from tug MARS II)

KAPELLE
1958 -13/12: Launched by "Scheepswerven v/h H.H. Bodewes" at Millingen (NLD) (YN 539)
1959 -06/01 (19/01): delivered to "L. Smit & Co's Internationale Sleepdienst Mij NV" at Rotterdam (NLD)
(NLD flag, regd Rotterdam, brand:10381 B Rott 1959, IVR 23.10381)
1972 (10/04): To "Smit Internationale Havensleepdienst BV" at Rotterdam (NLD)
1982 -xx/12: rebuilt by "Dolderman" at Dordrecht, new wheelhouse
1988 (18/01: To "Smit Havensleepdiensten BV" at Rotterdam (NLD)
1991 -12/07: capsised and sank at Merwehaven assisting m.s. 'Slanic'
1991 -13/07: raised, repaired by "Dolderman" at Dordrecht (NLD), renamed SMIT SPANJE
1991: re-engined diesel (1973) Caterpillar type D398PCTA, 865bhp-632kW from tug MARS II
1999 (22/11): To "Sleepdienst & Transportonderneming Gerrit J. Eerland Lcm Zn BV" at Rotterdam (NLD), renamed EERLAND 4
2002 (15/05): To "Smit Transport Europe BV" at Rotterdam (NLD)
2008 (28/08): To "GPS Marine Services BV" at Rotterdam (NLD), mng "GPS - General Port Services Ltd" at Chatham/London (GBR), renamed IBERIA

At Chatham Docks March 2013

Photo: Paul Johnston

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