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 22.292 reverse reduction geared Lister/Blackstone & Co diesels
- Rated: 1,040 bhp
- Speed: 12.5 knots
- Bollard Pull: 21 tons
- Call Sign: MXXF (@ 1974), HO4065 (@ 1984)
- ID Number:Â 5091834
- Official Number:Â R-008-SDG
- Registry:Â Dover (1958 – 1984), San Domingo (1984 – )
- Sister Ship: Diligent
History
October 23rd 1957: Launched.
March 1958: Delivered to Dover Harbour Board at Dover
Roy Thornton Collection
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© Mike Sartin (all)
🆕© John Hendy (11/08/1984)
🆕© John Hendy (Granville Dock, Dover 25/08/1984)
🆕© John Hendy (Cowes 05/09/1984)
1984: To Frank Pearce (Tugs) Ltd at Poole
1984: To OTC – Oil Transport Co SA at Santa Domingo renamed OTC KENNETH (Operations Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and West Indies. North & South American east coast between Nova Scotia & Rio de la Plata)
August 24th 1990: Surveys overdue – Class suspended.
1996: Still in Lloyd’s Register, later fate unknown.
All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for errors and omissions. We would like to thank: John Hendy, Mike Sartin and ToptoToe for their assistance in producing this feature.
Special thanks go to World Ship Society (East Kent Branch).
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