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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: herby on April 15, 2007, 11:54:05 pm
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Hi all. I'm newest member at this foorum and I'm desperate looking at any information/plans/photos available at Artesania latinas kit Amsterdam's sister ships. Ship's name's ar MALABAR, TENACE AND CENTOUR They are French navy tug's. My plan is to convert Amsterdam to one of thous tug's. The first one where i get any plans/photos. I tried to goggle but nothing good/usable comes up. Please help me so i can start to build. :D
-Herkko "herby" Tarvainen
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For all three, see (in French)
http://www.netmarine.net/bat/remorque/malabar/index.htm
Centaur (decommissioned 1999)
http://www.netmarine.net/bat/remorque/centaure/index.htm (no photo, but a sketch)
Centour not listed at
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nigel.sadler1/page_article_french%20navy%20review.htm
Malabar
http://www.tugtalk.co.uk/images/2005/04/70200.jpg
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/french_auxiliaries.htm
http://www.shipsandharbours.com/picture/number856.asp
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=258066
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=257995
Here's a former crew member (navigator), including eMail addy
http://julien.lerouge.free.fr/data/resume_us_gen.pdf
Tenace
http://www.tugtalk.co.uk/images/2005/01/61627.jpg
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=262589
Tenace Class Ocean tugs
http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/europe/france.htm (near bottom of page)
So there's some database stuff, which gave me a start for a Google search string: france navy A664. You might want to try that and see if there is more on other pages.
Malabar looks like it has the most coverage (and I hope these are the correct vessels re age etc.)
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Thanks alot Kaskazi. Didnt cross my mind to use tug's number to google :-[
-Herkko