SD Atlas

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Atlas, Portsmouth, UK (7 June 2006) Atlas, Portsmouth, UK.JPG
Atlas, Portsmouth, UK (7 June 2006)
History
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NameSD Atlas
Operator Serco Marine Services
In service2005
Homeport HMNB Portsmouth
Identification
StatusRetired
General characteristics
Tonnage88  GRT
Length21.3 metres (70 ft)
Beam7.6 metres (25 ft)
Draught3.3 metres (11 ft)
Installed powerBollard pull: 33 tonnes
Complement8

SD Atlas was a tugboat in service with Serco Marine Services at HMNB Portsmouth, where she worked in support of the United Kingdoms Naval Service.

She was built in Uzmar, Turkey in 1999, and was originally named MT Yenikale. [1] The ship was chartered by Serco Denholm in 2005, and is named after the original Atlas , a tug built at Chatham Dockyard in 1909. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bush, Steve (2009). British Warships and Auxiliaries, 2009/10. Liskeard: Maritime Books. pp.  66. ISBN   978-1-904459-36-1.