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SMIT ROTTERDAM
the strongest operating tugs in her time
The development of the
enormous sized tankers and bulk carriers in the
early 1970s suddenly made all the tugboats of that
generation obsolete. In January 1974,
the directors of Smit International in Rotterdam
decided to answer the industry calls with two super
tugs. One of these two strongest operating
tugs in the world was Smit Rotterdam. Her four
9-cylinder diesel engines sported 22,000 Horse Power! Her
total displacement was 2,273 tons. 74.38 m long and 15.78 m
wide, she could reach a stunning top speed of 16.5
knots.
April 1975, the
Smit Rotterdam was operational and its first task
was to tow the 350,000 tons production platform
“BERYL-A” from Stavanger, Norway to the North Sea. The job was performed jointly with the Tug
“Noordzee” (11,000 HP), Bugsier tugs “Wotan and
“Atlantic”, each 12,500 HP, and the “Pacific”
10,000 HP. In total, 42,000 HP was pulling the
“BERYL-A” to the final destination.
The
oceangoing Smit Rotterdam, and her sister ship Smit
London, are the most iconic Dutch tugs. They had a
revolutionary layout with the ships engines and bridge
in the middle of the hull. She was scrapped in 2014,
after 40 years of very profitable service.
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This scratch
built model of the Smit Rotterdam tugboat
is 37" long x 18"
tall x 8" wide
OLD STOCK, BIG SALE, ONLY ONE
AVAILABLE AT THIS PRICE $2,690  Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
Other places: $300 flat rate.
This model is far
superior than one that is built from a model
kit. It feels solid. Purchase
a kit and you will see how flimsy the plastic
hull is, how unclean the parts are. Then
countless hours spent to prime and paint the
plastic parts before assembling them. Not to
mention the failure and mistakes. After all,
there is a big difference between a mass
produced plastic kit and a handcrafted
model.
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Learn more about the Smit
Rotterdam tugboat here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smit_International
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