Category:Succes (ship, 1897)

Information about the vessel may be found at ENI 02320848. A ship can change name and flag state through time, but the ENI number remains the same through the hull's entire lifetime. As a result, it can be useful to identify a ship by using the ENI number.

Ship[edit]

• Type: Tugboat
• Built by Weduwe Boele (P. Boele en Pzn), Slikkerveer Netherlands
• Yard No: 393
• Launch date: 1897
• Date of completion:
• Length over all: 38.45 m
• Beam: 7.19 m
• Depth: 1.92 m
• Main engine: Kromhout 2 x 200 pk For show: Steam. New engine 1915 2x triple expansion steamengine à 250 PSI, about 350 hp each. Built by H.J. Koopman in Dordrecht, Netherlands.
• Boilers: New in 1931 2-fire Scotish boiler (working pressure 15 atm., 150 m2 heated surface en 15.000 liter water) by Fa. Biesbosch in Dordrecht. Fired by diesel.

History[edit]

• 1897 Named: Succes for Abraham van Dordt, Rotterdam Flag: Netherlands
• 1916 Sold to Nederlandse Transport Maatschappij (NTM) Renamed: Sleipnir
• 1952 Sold to Nederlandse Rijnvaart Vereniging (NRV)
• 1957 Sold to Vacuum Cleaning, Rotterdam Rebuilt to tankercleaner Renamed: Succes.I
• 1973 laid up and later sold for scrap to A Rijsdijk Bos & Zn in Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• 1985 Sold to M & K Stremcharters in Enkhuizen Rebuilt to passenger/party ship. Calliope (steam musical instrument) fitted
• 1996 Sold to Faim Investments, Lelystad & W.A van den Broek, Marknesse and in service again
• 2016.11 Auction by Catawiki.
• 2018 Sold to Rederij Belle