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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| SIMBA II |
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KEN |
8222135 |
| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1984 |
21/10/1983 |
21/02/1984 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Tug Firefighting
| Steel Motor Vessel |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Ferguson-Ailsa Ltd, Troon |
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560 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 362 grt / 103 nrt / |
36.00 m |
10.29 m |
4.45 m |
3.514 m |
| Engine builder |
Ruston Diesels Ltd., Newton-le-Willows |
| Engine detail |
Two, 8-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A.(254 x 305mm) 8RKCM vee type geared to twin controllable pitch propellers. 4,870 bhp. 46.25 tons bollard pull. 14.5kts
see also remarks box below. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Kenya Ports Authority |
Mombasa |
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| Other names |
| 2008 BUKKY |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
07/2006 to Dubai Shipbuilding & Engineering LLC, (Mubarak Marine LLC managers) under Comoros flag
12/2006 Ocean Diving Centre Ltd, (same managers) under India flag
05/2008 Japaul Oil & Maritime Services (same managers)renamed BUKKY under Sierra Leone flag
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| Vessel history |
Kenyan O. N. 10072
2008 tonnages amended 437g. 131n. 203 dwt |
| Remarks |
Some sources also give the name SIMBA
In later life, for reasons undefined, Lloyd's Register Fairplay amended the engine builder (same specifications)to Ruston Paxman Diesels Ltd., Colchester, |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 2014 |
Broken Up 05/07/2014 |
| Disposal Detail |
Arrived at Mumbai for breaking by Shakun Gases Pvt Ltd
21/07/2014 work commenced
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Image courtesy of : Paul Strathdee collection
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