Reliable, Bountiful and Nutbourne
Photographed on 31 July 2010 at Portsmouth Navy Day
SD Nutbourne
Built by Aluminium Shipbuilders, Fishbourne for the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) in 2000
A Newhaven class , a MCA Class IV Passenger Vessel, based at Portsmouth, employed on general passenger duties within the port area.
Crew of 3 designed for 60 passengers
Taken over by Serco Denholm in 2008 and renamed SD NUTBOURNE
SD Bountiful and SD Reliable
SD Reliable was the first of four purpose built tractor tugs designed by Damen specifically to assist the largest and most modern warships likely to be used by the Royal Navy in the foreseeable future.
SD Reliable was built to a new design to provide assistance to warships and other vessels where exceptional manoeuvrability, precise control and adequate power are essential. Included in the design are a number of special features required specifically for use in the UK naval bases. Construction of the hull and all major steel work for this vessel, and its three sisterships, was undertaken by a Damen subsidiary in Poland. Once launched and prepared for sea the hulls were towed to the Maaskant Shipyard at Stellendam in the Netherlands to be fitted out to a very high standard, commissioned, and trialled prior to delivery.
SD Reliable measures 29.13m in length overall, with a maximum beam of 9.98m, depth (at sides) of 4.00m and the relatively shallow draft (aft) of 4.41m.
Reliable was delivered in Nov 2009, and Bountiful in April 2010
Reliable, Bountiful and Nutbourne
Photographed on 31 July 2010 at Portsmouth Navy Day
SD Nutbourne
Built by Aluminium Shipbuilders, Fishbourne for the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) in 2000
A Newhaven class , a MCA Class IV Passenger Vessel, based at Portsmouth, employed on general passenger duties within the port area.
Crew of 3 designed for 60 passengers
Taken over by Serco Denholm in 2008 and renamed SD NUTBOURNE
SD Bountiful and SD Reliable
SD Reliable was the first of four purpose built tractor tugs designed by Damen specifically to assist the largest and most modern warships likely to be used by the Royal Navy in the foreseeable future.
SD Reliable was built to a new design to provide assistance to warships and other vessels where exceptional manoeuvrability, precise control and adequate power are essential. Included in the design are a number of special features required specifically for use in the UK naval bases. Construction of the hull and all major steel work for this vessel, and its three sisterships, was undertaken by a Damen subsidiary in Poland. Once launched and prepared for sea the hulls were towed to the Maaskant Shipyard at Stellendam in the Netherlands to be fitted out to a very high standard, commissioned, and trialled prior to delivery.
SD Reliable measures 29.13m in length overall, with a maximum beam of 9.98m, depth (at sides) of 4.00m and the relatively shallow draft (aft) of 4.41m.
Reliable was delivered in Nov 2009, and Bountiful in April 2010