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Monday, 27 November 2017

Tug built for South America at Schiedam, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Schiedamsche Courant dated 1 December 1911

An item reported the launching a day earlier at the shipyard Gusto of the steel made hull of a seagoing tug. Dimensions 30 (between perpendiculars)-7,50 x 3,75 (hold) metres. Fitted out with a vertical triple expansion engine of 450 ihp and a boiler with a heating surface of 30 square metres ad 12,5 atmosphere pressure. Fitted out with a powerful centrifugal pump driven by an independent compound engine especially for salvage tasks. Speed 10 knots. Bound for a South American harbour under own power. (1)

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1. Presumably yard number 428 Albatros, built for Mar Del Plata Entreprises.