Originale  Bau und Details  Fahrtbilder

1976 gebaut, waren drei dieser Schiffe im Mittleren Osten und in Großbritannien im Einsatz. Bei einer Rumpflänge von 24m, Breite von 7,42 und einer Verdrängung von 125 Tonnen wurden diese Schiffe von 2 x 6 Dieselmotoren über zwei Kortdüsen mit Vierblattpropellern angetrieben.

AL KHUBAR 3

Information compiled mainly in 2002 with some additions in 2003 by Alan Rose.

Mainly from Lloyds register and their casualty lists, it is as accurate as possible but there may be some discrepancies.

Built: 1976

Builder: Imai Seisakusho, Iwagi, Japan

Yard No: 171

IMO: 7626774

• Type: Harbour Tug. Later converted for Harbour Dredging, then to Survey Vessel.

• GRT: 125

LOA: 23.34 mtr

Beam: 7.42 mtr

Depth: 3.31 mtr

Draft: 2.8 mtr approx

• Engines: 2 x Niigata Oil. In December 1991 changed to a pair of Cummins NTA 855M Big Cam continuous heavy duty, rated 350hp each.

• Propulsion: Twin Propellers in Kort type Fixed Nozzles, Twin Rudders.

Latest Name: FLAT HOLM 1999 to present time (2003)

Other Names: UKD FLAT HOLM 1997 to 1999

FLAT HOLM 1986 to 1997

AL KHUBAR 3 1976 to 1986

• 1976 Original Owners (in Lloyds) as Adrian Volker. (A Dutch Dredging and Civil Engineering Company) Then registered Owners (in Lloyds) changed to International Leasing Co. but c/o Adrian Volker Civil Engineering B.V.
• 1977 Report in Lloyds Casualty List, on December 11th 1977, sustained contact damage (with Al Khubar 2).
• 1978 Report in Lloyds Casualty List, on 24th February sunk at Al Jubail, (As a result of contact damage in 1977). Damage expected extensive.
• A further reports stated that she was raised at the beginning of April 1978, repaired and sold to Volf Plant Services SA, Switzerland in June 1978 and towed away from Jubail on 18th June 1978.
• Confirmation that still registered in Panama on December 23rd 1979, under International Leasing Co.
• Then from approximately 1981 to 1986 changed hands (or some owners changed their name) several times. Lloyds show the following as owners, (but there is a Panamanian Certificate dated 20th January 1982 indicating that AL KHUBAR 3 had been sold by International Leasing to Enid Sailing Co in July 1981)