Category: Dover Harbour Board
Mv DHB Dauntless – Past and Present
Mv DHB Dauntless © Nigel Thornton Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD 3110) tractor tug (‘Z’ drive) unit built in March 2000 by Damen, Gorinchem (Yard no 7943), Holland, for the Dover Harbour Board. Technical Data Length: 30.82m (overall), (28.03 ft) Breadth of Hull: 10.20m (9.40 ft) Draught: 4m (13.0 ft) (maximum) Tonnage: 304 gross, 91 net Engines: 2 x 4tew 6cyl Wartsilla [...]
Mv Deft – Past and Present
Mv HT Scimitar ex Shorne,Deft Roy Thornton Collection Voith Water Tractor tug unit built in 1984 for Dover Harbour Board by McTay Marine Ltd, of Bromborough (Yard No. 52). Technical Data Registry: Dover IMO Number: 8316027 Official Number: 702608 Original cost: £1.5m Length: 30.10m (overall), 27.67m (between perpendiculars) Breadth: 9.22m (extreme), 9.01m (moulded) Depth: 2.653m Draught: 3.231m Tonnage: [...]
Mv Dextrous – Past and Present
Mv HT Cutlass ex Dextrous, Cobham © Ted Ingham Voith Water Tractor tug unit built in 1984 for Dover Harbour Board by McTay Marine Ltd, of Bromborough (Yard No. 53). Technical Data Registry: Dover, London IMO Number: 8316039 Official Number: 702607 Original cost: £1.5m Length: 30.10m (overall), 27.67m (between perpendiculars) Breadth: 9.22m (extreme), 9.01m (moulded) Depth: [...]
Mv David Church – Past and Present
1st October 2012: Additional history and delivery photo added.Mv David Church Roy Thornton Collection Steel single screw trailing suction / grab hopper dredger, built in 1995 by Appledore Shipbuilders, Devon (Yard No. 163), for the Dover Harbour Board. Technical Data Length: 51m (overall) Breadth of Hull: 10.5m Depth: 3.165m/4.70m Tonnage: 671 gross, 201 net, 701 deadweight [...]
Mv Dovorian – Past and Present
Mv Dovorian © Ashley Hunn Glass reinforced plastic hulled, twin screw Aqua-Star Nelson 42, built in 2006 by Goodchild Marine Services Ltd, Burgh Castle nr Great Yarmouth (Yard No. DHB42-001), for Dover Harbour Board as a harbour patrol/pilot vessel. Technical Data Length: 12.80m Breadth of Hull: 3.98m (moulded) Draught: 1.08m Tonnage: 13 tons displacement Engines: 2 [...]
Mv Dominant – Past and Present
Mv OTC Kenneth ex Dominant Roy Thornton Collection Steel twin screw diesel engined tug built 1957-8 by P.K. Harris, Appledore. (Yard No 108) for the Dover Harbour Board. Technical Data Length: 27.52m (99.27 ft)(overall), 26.8m (88 ft) (between perpendiculars) Breadth: 7.60m (24.11 ft)(Extreme) Draught: 3.04m (9.97 ft) maximum Tonnage: 161 gross, 154 Engines: 2 x 8-cylinder [...]
Mv Diligent – Past and Present
01/10/2012: New photos and credits addedMv Omni St Laurent ex Mv Diligent Roy Thornton Collection Steel twin screw diesel engined tug built 1957-8 by P.K. Harris, Appledore. (Yard No 107) for the Dover Harbour Board. Technical Data Length: 27.52m (99.27 ft)(overall), 26.8m (88 ft) (between perpendiculars) Breadth: 7.60m (24.11 ft)(Extreme) Draught: 3.04m (9.97 ft) maximum Tonnage: 161 gross, 30 [...]
Mv DHB Doughty – Past and Present
Mv DHB Doughty © Nigel Thornton Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD 3110) tractor tug (‘Z’ drive) unit built in March 2000 by Damen, Gorinchem (Yard no 7944), Holland, for Dover Harbour Board. Technical Data Length: 30.82m (overall), (28.03 ft) Breadth of Hull: 10.20m (9.40 ft) Draught: 4m (13.0 ft) (maximum) Tonnage: 304 gross, 91 net Engines: 2 x 4tew 6cyl Wartsilla 6L26, [...]
