Inner harbour of Oostende, Belgium 28 May 2016
England-flagged, MMSI 235000107 and call sign MHKA. Built by Cooks of James W.Wivenhoe in 1962 for account of the Cory Tank Lighterage Company. Welded steel construction. Dimensions 21,12 (over all) x 5,68 x 4,00 (air draft) x 2,28 (depth) metres or 69.29 x 18.64 x 13.12 x 7.48 feet and a gross tonnage of 68,00 tons. A so-called Thames Lighterage Tug active on the Thames and Medway between 1962-1999 towing petrol lighters between Thameshaven and Aylesford and later assigned t the River Thames household rubbish trade between London and the Cory‘s properties on the Mucking Flats marshes followed in the 1990s when she was stationed at Gravesend. Since 1999 a so-called working preserved craft.
