SD Atlas
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | SD Atlas |
| Operator | Serco Marine Services |
| In service | 2005 |
| Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
| Identification |
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| Status | Retired |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 88 GRT |
| Length | 21.3 metres (70 ft) |
| Beam | 7.6 metres (25 ft) |
| Draught | 3.3 metres (11 ft) |
| Installed power | Bollard pull: 33 tonnes |
| Complement | 8 |
SD Atlas was a tugboat in service with Serco Marine Services at HMNB Portsmouth, where she worked in support of the United Kingdoms Naval Service.
She was built in Uzmar, Turkey in 1999, and was originally named MT Yenikale.[1] The ship was chartered by Serco Denholm in 2005, and is named after the original Atlas, a tug built at Chatham Dockyard in 1909.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Bush, Steve (2009). British Warships and Auxiliaries, 2009/10. Liskeard: Maritime Books. pp. 66. ISBN 978-1-904459-36-1.
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