Mv Diligent, Omni St Laurent
 
  

Roy Thornton Collection

Steel twin screw diesel engined tug built 1957-8 by P.K. Harris, Appledore. (Yard No 107) for the Dover Harbour Board.

Technical Data

Registry - Dover (1958 - ), Sorel P.Q. Canada (1989 - )

ID Number - 5090012

Official Number - 185700

Length - 27.52m (99.27 ft)(overall)

26.8m (88 ft) (between perpendiculars)

Breadth - 7.60m (24.11 ft)(Extreme)

Draught - 3.04m (9.97 ft) maximum

Tonnage - 161 gross

30 net

Engines - 2 x 8-cylinder 22.292 reverse reduction geared Lister/Blackstone & Co diesels

Rated - 1,040 bhp

Speed - 12.5 knots

Bollard Pull - 21 tons

Call Sign - MXXG (@ 1974), VOPN (1989 - )

History

July 2nd 1957: Launched.

December 1957: Completed and delivered to the Dover Harbour Board at Dover

 

© Ted Ingham (left) and the Roy Thornton Collection (right)

1984: To Frank Pearce (Tugs) Ltd at Poole

1984: To S. & H. Towage

 

© Brian Fisher (Tilbury 1986)

1989: To Les Remorquages Sorel Inc, manager Les Services Maritimes Genco Ltd at Sorel, PQ (Canada), renamed OMNI ST-LAURENT

2002: To Le Ocean Groupe Inc at Quebec

© Kent Malo

2008: Still in service

 

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All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for errors and omissions. We would like to thank: Ted Ingham, Brian Fisher and Kent Malo for their assistance in producing this feature.

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