GIE Abeille Bourbon, Marseille, France (Groupe Bourbon)
Operator
Les Abeilles International, Le Havre, France (Groupe Bourbon)
Builder
Myklebust Verft AS, Gursken, Norway
Yard number
39
Sponsored by
Jacques de Chateauvieux
Christened
Bernadette Chirac, 13 April 2005
Homeport
Brest, France
Identification
Call sign: FZTC
IMO number: 9308687
MMSI number: 226263000
Status
Active
General characteristics
Type
Salvage tug
Tonnage
3,249 GT
974 NT
1,813 DWT
Length
80 m (262.5 ft)
Beam
16.5 m (54.1 ft)
Draught
6 m (19.7 ft)
Propulsion
Main engine: 4 × 4,000 kW (5,400 hp)
Auxiliary engine: 3 × 615 kW (825 hp)
Bow thruster: 2 × 883 kW (1,184 hp)
Stern thruster: 2 × 515 kW (691 hp)
Speed
approx 19.8 knots (36.7 km/h; 22.8 mph)
Crew
12
Notes
[1][2]
Abeille Bourbon is a high seas emergency tow vessel (salvage tug), 80 metres (260 ft) long with a tractive power of 200 tonnes-force (2.0 MN), a crew of 12, designed by Norwegian naval architect Sigmund Borgundvåg. She was christened by Bernadette Chirac on 13 April 2005 in the presence of sponsor Jacques de Chateauvieux. She is based in Brest, France.
Abeille Bourbon is owned by Abeilles International, a unit of Groupe Bourbon. She is chartered to the French government and can be called upon by the Maritime Prefect of Brest at any time. She was commissioned to replace the older Abeille Flandre, which was reassigned to the French Mediterranean coast.
Abeille Bourbon is a sister ship of Abeille Liberté. Abeille means bee in French. Tow vessels are traditionally named according to their activities around the ships they assist; in this case, like a bee around a flower.
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