River Thames: Svitzer Monarch
Taken on 3 November 2017 and uploaded 9 January 2025.
I uploaded a photo, yesterday, of another Svitzer tug, Ganges, which looks (to me, non-nautical, non-mechanical person) very similar to this one, Svitzer Monarch. Like Ganges, it was built in China in 2016, finished in Hong Kong and brought to Chatham to be named. Like Ganges, it has a name in relief on a panel above its life-belt, in this case Helena (Ganges was originally Celia). Later photos of Ganges show it with the original name obscured by white name plates, as occurs with Monarch. Both tugs, to my (not necessarily reliable) memory appeared on the Thames at much the same time. Both, at today's date, are moored at Sheerness, at the mouth of the Medway. They must be twins.
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River Thames: Svitzer Monarch
Taken on 3 November 2017 and uploaded 9 January 2025.
I uploaded a photo, yesterday, of another Svitzer tug, Ganges, which looks (to me, non-nautical, non-mechanical person) very similar to this one, Svitzer Monarch. Like Ganges, it was built in China in 2016, finished in Hong Kong and brought to Chatham to be named. Like Ganges, it has a name in relief on a panel above its life-belt, in this case Helena (Ganges was originally Celia). Later photos of Ganges show it with the original name obscured by white name plates, as occurs with Monarch. Both tugs, to my (not necessarily reliable) memory appeared on the Thames at much the same time. Both, at today's date, are moored at Sheerness, at the mouth of the Medway. They must be twins.
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