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Name: ATLAS
Type: Salvage Vessel
Launched: 18/12/1899
Completed: 01/1900
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 201
Dimensions: 326grt, 70nrt, 130.0 x 24.1 x 13.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (16, 26 & 43 x 30ins), 114nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 112652
History:
12/01/1900 Tatham, Bromage & Co, London
1900 Parceria Geral de Pescaria, Lisbon
1903 Soc Dunkerquoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage, Dunkerque
1907 Powerful Salvage Co Ltd, Guernsey; registered at London
10/02/1911 Sank
Comments: Tatham, Bromage & Co were ship brokers
Intended for use at St Michael's in the Azores
01/02/1904: Ran aground on the seadike at the Nieuw-Neuzenpolder, Terneuzen
03/02/1904: Re-floated with the assistance of tugs
1907: Based at Syros and Piraeus
10/02/1911: Foundered off Venetico Island, South Chios
On a voyage from Smyrna to Piraeus


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