Design 16610 (Sea tugboat with towing force of 60 tons)

Main dimensions
  • Hull length maximal, m 33,00
  • Hull width max., m 12,10
  • Side height at midships from the base lline, m 5,63
  • Draft from the base lline, m 3,90
  • Overall draft, m 4,71
Main characteristics of the vessel
Ship type and general description

Architectural and structural type of the vessel – steel, single-hulled, welded, two-propellers (2 full-turn propeller steering columns), diesel-powered, single-deck, with redundant freeboard, aft location of the engine room, with a round-view wheelhouse. Towing hook, stern winch, stern and side bollards provide towing of ships and floating structures in the open sea. The bow double-drum winch and bow double-chock bollard provide for ships guiding (trolling) at harbor and roadstead, as well as for escorting ships. The vessel is equipped with a system for fire fighting on other vessels and port facilities, salvage equipment and oil product collection equipment.

Purpose of the ship
  • towing of ships and floating structures;
  • guiding ships in ports and berthing at berth;
  • escort operations at speeds up to 10 knots;
  • rescue operations;
  • navigation in ice conditions (Ice Class 1A ice reinforcement category mark);
  • fire fighting on other ships and port facilities;
  • ice breaking in hard ice up to 0.7 m thick at a speed of 2 – 5 knots;
  • oil spill containment.
Area and operating conditions

Limited navigation area R2 – navigation in sea areas in swell with wave height of 3 percent secured 7.0 m, with distance from the place of refuge not more than 100 miles and with permissible distance between places of refuge not more than 200 miles. Navigation in one-year ice in the conditions of the Northern Baltic with ice thickness of 0.8 m.

Rules and regulatory documents

The vessel complies with the requirements of the BV Regulations, International Conventions, Sanitary Regulations and safety requirements.

Ship class

✠HULL, ✠MACH, Coastal area- temporary unrestricted naviqation,  Escort Tug, Ice Class 1A, Fire Fighting Ship AUT- UMC, Oil recovery ship

Building information

Series of 2 vessels built at Riga Shipyard / AS Rigas Kuģu Būvētava, Riga, Latvia

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