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Saturday, 18 April 2020

Italian tug (ex-Banbury Cross 1958-1971) Gatto 1971- 2014

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IMO 5035543 and call sign IQBA. Gross tonnage 106 tons, summer deadweight 100 tons and as dimensions 24,99 x 7,19 metres. Horsepower 750 ahp. Completed at the shipyard of Philip&Sons, Dartmouth, United Kingdom in May 1958. In 1974 stricken from the Lloyd’s register while she was no longer sea-going. Ex-Banbury Cross of the Tees Towing Co.Ltd. Middlesbrough, United Kingdom renamed 1971. Broken up at Pesaro in 2014. Owned by Gesmar Marittime, Ravenna, Italy.