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Sunday 22 February 2015

Dutch tug (ex-Vitezny Unor 1956-1967, PR.1 1967-1996, Riekelt 1996-2007) Tjerk Hidde 2007-

Schelde off Waal, Netherlands 3 December 2009

Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 244660711, callsign PD5034 and ENI 02207834.
Built as the Vitezny Unor at the shipyard of VEB Neptunwerft, Rostock, Germany for account of Tschechoslawikische Elbe Oder Schiffahrt (CSPL), Prag, Czechoslovakia in 1956. Renamed PR. 1 in 1967 owned by … Hamburg, Germany, renamed Riekelt 1996 of VOF Gebr. Korf, Urk, 1999 of JVS Shipping, Urk, renamed Tjerk-Hidde in 2007 of JVS Shipping and since 2012 of Foekema Transport, Urk. Dimensions 20,34 x 6,16 x 2,30 metres. Original 350hp Skoda engine replaced by a 629 hp caterpillar.