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ARGUS-T

(sisterships: BRIO, FUERZA)
Registered: LR47-48:07650 /LR50-51:60367 /LR56-57:60829 /LR60-61:61689 /LR66-67:512234
IMO 5122346 /(SWE)ON 8857 /(GBR)ON 388663
103 GRT, 14 NRT, L23,65m(22,00), B6,28m, Dr2,972m, Dp3,31m
(77.6'(77.0')x20.4'x9.7' or 77'7"(72'2")x20'7"(20'4")x9'9"(10'10"))
1 cpp, diesel 2tew 7cyl Atlas, 136nhp-665bhp, sp 11kn

FUERZA
1946: Built by "Öresundsvarvet A/B" at Landskrona (SWE) (YN 105)
(for "Agencia Maritima Johnson" at Buenos Aires (BRA) but no delivery permit obtained)
1947 -xx/05: delivered to "C.L. Hansons Stuveri A/B" at Goteborg (SWE)
(SWE flag, regd Goteborg, ON 8857, c/s SMOT)
1980: To O. Christiansen at Goteborg (SWE), renamed OREGON
1980: To "TSA - Thompson Shipping Attendants Ltd", mng Christopher Thompson at Westcliff-on-Sea (GBR), renamed ARGUS-T
1980: To "TSA Tugs Ltd", same mng at Leigh-on-Sea (GBR)
(GBR flag, regd London, ON 388663, c/s MAPH, 91 GRT, 0 NRT)
1983: To Peter Adams (t/a "Contract Services Ltd") at Hartlepool (GBR)
1987: To "Haven Maritime Ltd" at Pembroke Dock (GBR)
1990: To Richard J. Harvey (t/a "Survey and Supply") at Grimsby (GBR)
1991: To Guy & Juliette Boulton at Buckhurst Hill, Essex (GBR) and converted to private yacht
(moored for some time in St Katharine Dock, and more latterly in Blackwall Basin, River Thames)
1993: To Guy Boulton
2009: Spotted at Northfleet under her own power. Sold to ??

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