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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| FORCEFUL |
139366 |
AUS |
5117559 |
| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1925 |
20/11/1925 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Tug Towing
| Steel Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan |
Linthouse |
509 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 288 grt / 1 nrt / |
115.1 ft |
27.1 ft |
13.3 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan |
| Engine detail |
| T3cyl (17½, 29 & 47 - 30)in 175lb 188nhp 1050ihp coal-fired, 1-screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| William A Mackay, Melbourne - mng Queensland Tug Co, Brisbane |
Brisbane |
31/03/1926 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1928 William & Co Pty Ltd, Sydney NSW (same managers)
1954 Queensland Tug & Salvage Co Pty Ltd, Brisbane
10/6/1971 Queensland Maritime Museum. |
| Vessel history |
1925 Sailed 21/12/1925 from Clyde for Brisbane. Arrived 7/3/1926.
4/12/1941 chartered by Ministry of War Transport, UK for salvage service in the Mediterranean and reached Fremantle
14/1/1942 charter revoked and served as examination vessel at Fremantle
31/1/1942 commissioned in Royal Australian Navy as HMAS FORCEFUL (W.126), as a tender at Fremantle
10/1942 deployed to Darwin on harbour and salvage duties
4/1943 based at Thursday island
11/10/1943 returned to owners at Brisbane
28/9/1970 laid up at Brisbane
1971 museum ship and used for tours in Brisbane River and Moreton Bay
2006 withdrawn from service after failing survey
2018 after long period ashore for repair, she bacame a static musum exhibit and reopened to visitors
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Fate / Status |
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Preserved |
| Disposal Detail |
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Forceful
Image courtesy of : State Library Queensland J. Oxley Library
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Forceful
Image courtesy of : State Library Queensland J. Oxley Library
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