An item reported that the Polish tug
Zbyszko (1) was active on the route between the Polish harbours Kozle and
Wroclaw. She was purchased in the Netherlands between 1948-1949. Her crew
numbered 7 men.
Note
1. Archive Kon.Mij. De Schelde 1875-1970 214.661 and card
system(Towns Archive Vlissingen, Netherlands). According to a contract signed between the Nederlandsche
Scheepsbouw Export Centrale, Rotterdam, Netherlands and the N.V. Koninklijke
Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands as result of the treaty
between the Netherlands and Poland dated 18 December 1946 was the shipyard to
built 3 single screw steam tugs with a horsepower of 350hip for the building
costs of each ƒ 354.839,99. The dimensions are then given as 26,50-28,00 x 5,70
(thrushes changed in 5,94)-5,76 (maximum beam altered in 6,00) x 1,30 (with 10
ton colas and boiler willed with water) x 2,1 metres. The machinery consisted
of 1-250ihp triple expansion steam engine and a boiler with a heating surface
of 83 square metres. The Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Export Centrale acted as an
intermediary between Dutch shipyards and the Polish organisation Polimex
(Polsike Towarzystwo Eksporto-Importowe Maszyn i Marzedzi), Warszawa, Poland.
Built at the Ysselwerf Fa. Byker, Gorinchem, Netherlands with yard number 113
(Kon. Mij. De Schelde yard number 264), contract signed on 10 July 1947,
ordered on 30 April 1947, laid down on 15 May 1948, launched on 30 December
1948, official trial on 2 May 1949 and delivered on 12 May 1949.
Source
The
report was published on www.archive.org,
document number CIA-RDP80-00810A000200060001-2
