Category:Afrika (tugboat, 1931)

Ship edit

• Type: Tugboat
• Built by: Machinefabriek en Scheepswerf van P. Smit Jr. N.V., Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Yard No: 474
• Keel laid:
• Launched:
• Completed: 1931
• Length over all: 93.7 ft
• Beam: 21.4 ft
• GRT: 157
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History edit

• 1931 Named Afrika; Flag: Netherlands
  • Port: Rotterdam
  • Owner: N.V. Nederlandsche Stoomsleepdienst v/h van P. Smit Jr., Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• 1936.08 Renamed Maas; Flag: Netherlands
  • Call sign: PFQK
  • Port: Rotterdam
  • Owner: N.V. Internationale Sleepdienst Maatschappij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• 1940.07 Taken over by Kriegsmarine; renamed LAZ 44
• 1941 Renamed ZRD 20
• 1941.04 Renamed DWO 128
• 1941.08 Renamed JBE 02
• 1942 Renamed VS 402
• 1945.08 Returned to prewar owner; renamed Maas; Flag: Netherlands
  • Call sign: PFQK
• 1953.03 Renamed Waterweg; Flag: Netherlands
  • Call sign: PIMZ
  • Port: Rotterdam
  • Owner: N.V. Internationale Sleepdienst Maatschappij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• 1956.04 Renamed Sicanus; Flag: Italy
  • Port: Palermo
  • Owner: Caspel S.p.A., Servizi Marittimi Portuali, Palermo, Italy
• 1973.10.23 Ran aground in Palermo during a storm; total loss
• 1975.03 Scrapped in place