Category:Nestor (tugboat, 1919)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Steam tugboat
• Built by: Van de Kuy & van der Rees, Schiedam
• Yard No: 29
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1919
• Completed: 1919
• Length over all: 93.6 ft
• Beam: 21.4 ft
• GT: 153
• DWT:
• www.marhisdata.nl
• www.binnenvaart.eu
• www.tugboatlars.se
• www.bureauwijsmuller.nl
• www.zeesleepvaart.com

History[edit]

• 1919 Named Hercules; Flag: Netherlands
  • Port: IJmuiden
  • Owner: Hercules Zeesleepdienst Maatschappij NV
• 1919.12.19 Sunk in IJmuiden; raised and repaired
• 1920 Renamed Nestor; Flag: Netherlands
  • Brandmerk: 12349 ROTT 1920
  • Call sign: PMQR, from 1934 PGFY
  • Port: Rotterdam, later IJmuiden
  • Owner: N.V. Bureau Wijsmuller
• 1940.05.04 Sunk in IJmuiden
• 1940.09 Renamed Alster; Flag: Germany
  • Raised by Germans and repaired
  • Port: Wilhelmshaven
  • Owner: Deutsche Kriegsmarine
• 1946 Renamed Nestor; Flag: Netherlands
  • Brandmerk: 7557 Z ROTT 1950
  • EU number: 2701395, 2707557
  • Call sign: PGFY
  • Port: IJmuiden
  • Owner: N.V. Bureau Wijsmuller
• 1958.12 Renamed Nestor II; Flag: Netherlands
  • Port: IJmuiden
  • Owner: N.V. Bureau Wijsmuller
• 1959.02 Owner: D. Blankevoort & Zn.
  • Converted to motor tugboat at A. de Jong, Vlaardingen
  • Towed pontoon to Persian Gulf
• 1959 Flag: United Kingdom
  • Port: London
  • Owner: Raymond Costain de Long
• 1963 Scrapped in Iran