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SMIT ROTTERDAM tugboat
 

The Smit Rotterdam is one of the world's largest ocean-going tugboats. The tug was designed specifically for towing oil drilling platforms and immobilized ships. Some of the missions carried out by the Smit Rotterdam have been spectacular that the vessel has become very well-known all over the maritime world. Learn more about that here: https://swzmaritime.nl/news/2018/12/17/smit-rotterdam-to-the-rescue/

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.

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 $1,990  Shipping and insurance in the contiguous USA included. Other places: $400 flat rate.

This primarily wood model is far superior than one that is built from a kit. Purchase a kit and you will see how flimsy the plastic hull is, how unclean the parts are. Many have complained about countless hours spent to prime and paint the plastic parts before assembling them, and also the mistakes and rework.

Learn more about the Smit Rotterdam tugboat here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smit_International