MV Atlantic Rescuer

ex Baltic

Steel single screw motor vessel built in 1969 by F Schichau G.m.b.h, Bremerhaven (Yard No 1745) as a Tug/Salvage Ship

Technical Data

• Length: 50.78 m (overall) 44.99 m (between perpendiculars)
• Breadth: 11.71 m
• Depth: 5.36 m
• Draught: 4.865 m
• Tonnage: 661 gross/113 net/ deadweight
• Engines: 4SA 12 cy KH Deutz RBV12M350 diesel
• Power: 2207 kW/3000 hk
• Bollard Pull: 45t
• Speed: 15 knots
• Call Sign: DAIA, C4DV
• IMO Number: 6926048
• Official Number (LR 1993 – 1994): 707986
• Port of Registry: Hamburg/Federal Republic of Germany 🇩🇪, Limassol/Cyprus 🇨🇾
• Sister-Ship: Oceanic (1744), Arctic (1746)

History

June 2nd 1969: Launched.

June 16th 1969: Completed as BALTIC for Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG, Hamburg

1960’s – 70’s: Stationed at Dover

© Gordon Wise (@ Dover)

© John Jones (Carrick Roads on 06/07/1982).

May 9th 1983: Laid up in Bremerhaven.

April 4th 1986: Sold to Yau Wing Shipbreaking Ltd., Hong Kong and on the same day sold to North Atlantic Towage & Salvage Ltd, Valletta and renamed as ATLANTIC RESCUER.

2000: Purchased by Yau Wing Shipbreaking Ltd., Hong Kong.

September 2005: “Known to be abandoned off the Namibian coast”.

July 2008: Seen in a “wrecked state” in Walvis Bay, Namibia.

© Capt Hilmar Snorrason

All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: John Jones, Capt Hilmar Snorrason and Gordon Wise for their assistance in producing this feature.

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)