Former Dutch pilot boat Castor (1949)

Call sign PAHQ. IMO no. 8633114. The Castor was on 2 December 1949 build at the yard of the N.V. Scheepsbouwwerf Gebr. Pot at Bolnes, Netherlands with as yard number 916 for the Pilot Service at Delfzijl, the trials found place on 29 July 1950 and she was commissioned on 31 July of the same year.. She was decommissioned on 26 September 1983, sold on 15 February a year later, in October 1988 again sold to a new owner in England and renamed Redeemer. In 1989 was hew owner the Seacare Shipping Company of Valletta, in 1999 Spindrift Navigation Ltd. Of Belize and finally in 2006 were her new owners M. van Parijs&Cornelissen which rebaptized her given her original name back. Her measurement was 439 BRT and 114 NRT and as dimensions 45,87 x 8,43 x 5,86 metres. The 750 delivered horsepower allowed a speed of 12 knots.

Den Helder, Netherlands 1 July 2911