Abeille Liberté

Abeille Liberté

Ship data flag  France Ship type Salvage tug class UT 515 Callsign FMDI home port Brest Shipyard Mykleust Verft, Gursken, Norway Build number 40

Ship dimensions and crew length 80 m ( Lüa ) width 16.5 m Draft Max. 6 m measurement 3249 BRZ / 974 NRZ   crew 12

Machine system Machine performance 16,000 kW (21,754 hp) Top speed 19.5 kn (36 km / h) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 1,811 dw

Furnishing Bollard pull 200 tons (approx. 1,970 kN )

Others Classifications Bureau Veritas Registration numbers IMO no. 9308699

The Abeille Liberté is a French ocean-going salvage tug of the type UT 515, about 80 meters long .

The ship, built in 2005 and sailing under the French flag, serves to ward off danger in the event of an accident. The ship is stationed in Cherbourg .

The Abeille Liberté is one of five emergency tugs in France. There is an almost identical ship, the Abeille Bourbon .

technology

The ship has an output of 16,000 kW. The bollard pull of the tug is 200 t.

Known missions

In January 2007, the tug was used in the wreck of the container ship MSC Napoli .

Web links

Commons : Abeille Liberté  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• About the ship , bourbon
• Information about the ship , Kleven

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UT 515 , Rolls-Royce.