General Specifications for the Independence:
Naval Architect: Robert Allan Ltd.
LOA: 128.4 feet (39 m)
LWL: 119.6 feet (36.4 m)
Beam: 44.4 feet (13.5 m)
Draft: 16 feet (5.75m)
Depth: 19.5 feet (5.9 m)
Hull Material: Steel
Superstructure Material: Steel
Propulsion: (2) 16V4000 MTU M61
Speed: 13 knots minimum at full power
Bollard Pull: 70 metric tonnes minimum
Bow Winch: Markey electric, 750-10" plasma rendering
Stern Winch: Jon-rie Hydraulic, 2500'-2-1/4" wire
Deck Crane: Effer hydraulic, 10 tons @ 25'
Fi-Fi-1: Inmar/FFS/Nyjus, 425' cannon range @ 10,500 g/p/m
Z- Drives: Roll-Royce CPP-255
During the weekend the tug "Liberty" also with "Z-Drive" propulsion came in for a trial run. The depth of the water next to the dock is only 16' at low tide. To accomodate the draft a water barge had to be brought in to move the dockage into the 20' deep channel!
"Independence"!

Her massive bow!

Tug "Liberty"!

Wheel house!

Again the wheel house!

In the mirror!

Stern view!

4 comments:
Jay,
I always enjoy the depth that you go into to describe these boats that we see but know nothing about. Thank You, Ed
Now you know something Ed !
That's some rig! Thanks for doing the homework.
jay- i lve it. thanks for getting these pics. ironically, on our way up to gloucester last november, we saw tug independence getting put thru its paces at the derecktors yard where it was built. great to hear from you; greets to the gloucester folk.
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