MV Robert W.
M/V Robert W. is a tugboat that was built by the Russel Brothers Ltd. shipbuilding company in Owen Sound, Ontario, in 1948. The tug is 60 feet long, 16 feet wide, 8 feet 4 inches in depth, and of 48.5 gross tons. It was originally powered by two Cummins NHMS 6-cylinder marine diesel engines originally producing 175 hp each but has been repowered with 2 cummins model NT380M marine engines producing approximately 400 BHP each; the tug originally had a Sheppard 32-volt DC diesel generator for auxiliary power but has been replaced in the mid-1990s with a Lister Diesel model ST2 2-cylinder air-cooled diesel 120-volt AC generator. It was built in 1948 for the Long Lac Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd in Toronto, Ontario, until purchased by Thunder Bay Marine Services in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 1990.[2] In 2 locations on the Robert W. there are factory brass plaques that state the vessel is boat number 791, length is 60 feet, beam is 16 feet, and year 1948.
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History | |
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Name | MV Robert W. |
Owner |
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Builder | Russel Brothers Ltd., Owen Sound, Canada |
Launched | 1948 |
Identification | Official number: 190027 |
Status | in active service, as of 2022 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Tugboat |
Tonnage | |
Length | 17.07 m (56 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 4.88 m (16 ft 0 in) |
Depth | 2.53 m (8 ft 4 in) |
Installed power | Lister ST2 diesel genset. |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 6 |
Notes | 4-ton bollard pull |
See also
References
- "Robert W." Transport Canada Vessel Registration Query System. 2022. Retrieved 7 Oct 2022.
- "Robert W." stevebriggs.netfirms.com. 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.