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Saturday, 21 February 2015

Dutch inland pusher tug (ex-? 1940-1953, Animo 1953-1976, Wiljoes 1976-1988) Bever 1988-

Waal off Tiel, Netherlands 22 July 2010

Netherlands-flagged. EU 3051101. Built at the shipyard of Leenman, Zwolle, Netherlands as the ? for German account in 1940. Tonnage 9 (nowadays)-11 (original) tons and as dimensions 17,60 (original)-17,94 (nowadays) x 4,47 x 1,92 (original)-2,03 (nowadays) metres.  The original 150 hp Deutz engine is later replaced by a 420hp Yanmar 6 LAM DTE. Ex-?, 1953 Animo of H. Stoffers&de Vries, Kampen, Netherlands, 1960 of H.W. de Vries, Kampen, as Wiljos since 1976 of J.M. van Dodewaard, Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, since 1988 as Bever of Gebr. Van Beek, Oudeschild, Netherlands and since then of Timmer Shipping BV, Waardenburg, Netherlands.