Coastguard Agency Vessel in Mount's Bay.
Anglian Princess
IMO Nr: 9242766
Ocean Going Tug – UT 719-2-T Rolls Royce Ullstein pattern
Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV)
16,500 bhp. Two Wartsila 16V 32LND 12000 kW (750 rev/minute);
two controllable pitch propellers in fixed nozzles
Twin or independent flap rudders with Tenfjord SR 662 steering gear.
Built 2001/2 by Yantal Raffles Shipyard, Shandong, China
Arrived UK 12th September 2002.
Registered in Lowestoft; Crew of 11.
2258 grt; 677 nrt; 1800 dwt.
221 feet (67.40 m/66.03 waterline) length x 50.8 feet (15.5 m) x 24.6 feet (7.5 m) depth; Draught 20.3 feet (7.5m)
Owners : Klyne Tugs of Lowestoft - long-term chartered to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
The Fire Fighting System consists of two Skum SFP250 x 350 pumps
which can deliver 264,000 gallons (1,200 cubic metres) of water per hour.
Two electrically driven 9 tonne bowthrusters 588Kw
One electrically driven 8 tonne sternthruster 660Kw
Fuel Consumption : 17 knots / 45 tonnes per day; 12 knots / 24 tonnes per day.
Bollard Pull of 180 tons.
Tow wire : 4,900 feet (1,500 m) of 76mm diameter wire.
The stern roller is 8.2 feet (2.5m) diameter with a safe working load of 500 tonnes.
Triple drum Brattrag 300 tonnes hydraulic winch with 450 tonnes brake holding capacity.
Line pull on each drum 300 tonnes.
The two Spek anchors have 1,500 feet (460 m) of stud link chain
The ship is equipped with a very special manoeuvring system,
where a Rolls Royce Poscon P450 system single joystick enables the ship to be controlled
and set to any direction in attitude and yet maintain direction and course.
Raymond Forward
