Dutch Pearl of Zierikzee, Holland

Dutch Pearl manoeuvring a barge in Lowestoft's inner harbour.

 

Name: Dutch Pearl

Vessel type: Tug

Home port: Zierikzee

Flag: Netherlands

IMO: 9547881

MMSI: 246376000

Call sign: PBZP

Max persons onboard: 15, including crew

Cabins: 4 x single, 2 x double

Length overall: 31.1 m

Beam: 9.66 m

Min draught: 2.8 m

Max draught: 3.1 m

Gross tonnage: 254 ton

Net tonnage: 76 ton

Max deadweight: 136 ton

Fuel capacity: 24,636 gal (112,000 litres)

Engines: 2 x Mitsubishi S16R-MPTA

Engine output: 2 x 1,591 hp (1,170 kW) at 1,600 rpm

Propulsion: 2 x fixed propellers in nozzles

Propellers: 2 x Van Voorden 2.1 m diameter

Max speed: 12.5 knots

Bollard pull: 46.2 ton

Builder: Gebr. Kooiman, Zwijndrecht, Netherlands

Year built: 2010

Owner: G. Bouwman Towing & Shipping B V, Zierikzee, Netherlands

Operator: Landfall Marine Contractors B V, Ridderkerk, Netherlands

 

Jack-up rig grounding.

 

On 19th. April 2011 at 03:24 a.m. Humber Coastguard received a call from the tug Dutch Pearl reporting that the jack-up rig Vagant had stuck fast on the sea bed and was being swamped by the rising tide. 19 crewmembers from the rig were swiftly evacuated to the Dutch Pearl, and MRCC Humber took coordination of the incident. The Hartlepool RNLI all-weather lifeboat was launched to the scene and transferred 16 of the crew members to Teesport.

Three rig crew members remain on the Dutch Pearl and return to the rig at low tide to free her from the seabed.

 

 

 

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