Tug boat Esperance
Dimensions (m):
18.12 x 4.80 x 1.80
Ref. no.:
120902
Mooring:
Near Rotterdam, Netherlands
Construction year:
1934
Material:
steel
Vision Doeve Brokers
Beautiful tug which is recognized as Sailing Monument. The Esperance is ideally suited to live on board because of the spacious living. She is equipped for long journeys on the European waterways. A real boat with character. A real eye-catcher on the water.
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General information
| Yard: | Shipyard De Jong en Smit, NL-IJsselmonde |
| Hull shape: | round bilged |
| Hull material: | steel |
| Deck material: | steel |
| Superstructure material: | steel teak top side of the wheelhouse |
| Construction method: | riveted rubbing strake around bulwark around deckhouse Sturdy, heavily constructed |
| Steering system: | mechanical wheel steel rudder balance rudder |
| Displacement (approx.): | 70 ton |
| Airdraft (approx.): | 3,70 m |
| Owner: | Dutch owner |
| Registration: | B-registered |
| Suitable for / as: | suitable as a year round live- aboard suitable for bigger waterways |
| General information: | good sailing characteristics The ship is recognized as a Historic Vessel A-status |
| Additional information: | tug bitts towing hook beautiful sheer spacious aftdeck forepeak with chain locker tug |
Technical information
| Enginepower: | 310 Hp 228 kW |
| Engine brand: | Deutz |
| Revolutions: | 600 RPM |
| Engine model: | SA 8 M 428 |
| Number of cylinders: | 8 |
| Construction year engine: | 1960 |
| Running hours (approx.): | unknown |
| Fuel: | diesel |
| Fuel tank (approx.): | 2300 litre 1x steel tank(s) 1x daytank(s) |
| Cooling system: | closed box cooler |
| Propulsion: | greased lubrication of propeller shaft 3 blade propeller |
| Gearbox: | Brevo hydraulic reduction/ratio 2:1 |
| Speed (approx.): | 15 km/hour cruising speed at 320 RPM 25 km/hour top speed at 600 RPM |
| Heating: | Kabola central heating on diesel 19,7 kW kolen stove |
| Electricity system: | 12 Volt 24 Volt 230 Volt 230 Volt shore power connection |
| Batteries: | 2x 190 Ah maintenance free 1x 165 Ah maintenance free |
| Battery charger: | combi inverter/charger |
| Earth-leakage breaker: | present |
| Inverter: | Vetus combi inverter/charger 12 / 500 / 25 |
| Fresh water tank (approx.): | 1400 litre 1x cemented tank(s) |
| Water pressure system: | hydrophore pump |
| Hot water system: | boiler/water calorifier (230 Volt) |
| Engineroom: | very well maintained |
| Bilge pump: | 1x manual pump 1x electric pump |
| Deck wash pump: | present |
| Gas system: | yes, bottle(s) in bottle box on deck |
| Additional information: | air compressor air bottle |
Accommodation
| Interior: | Marine Plywood merbau flooring suitable for living on board see photographs |
| Insulation: | Rockwool glass wool |
| Cabins: | 1 cabin |
| Berth: | Aft: 1x 2-pers 1x 1-pers Sofa bed: 1x 2-pers |
| Lay-out plan (not to scale): | see attachment |
| Bathroom: | shower |
| Toilet / Heads: | pumptoilet |
| Galley: | U-shape galley |
| Cooker: | Boretti 5-burner hob on gas cookerhood |
| Fridge / Refrigerator: | 230 Volt |
| Worktop: | wooden worktop |
| Washbasin: | stainless steel sink |
| Water tap: | hot & cold running water |
| Headroom (approx.): | galley (approx.) 2,04 m bathroom (approx.) 1,97 m foc's hole (approx.) 2,02 / 1,79 m under wheelhouse (approx.) 2,07 m aftcabin (approx.) 2,91 m |
| Additional information: | very well maintained lots of storage space useful as live-aboard |
Navigation equipment
| Navigation equipment: | Sailor RT144 VHF rudder indicator barometer window wiper |
Rigging and sails
| Mast: | steel lantern mast |
| Lowerable: | yes manual |
Equipment
| Anchor equipment: | manual anchor winch anchor chain Klipp anchor hawsehole spare anchor |
| Searail / Pulpit: | searail on bulwark |
| Davits: | present |
| Safety: | fire extinguisher life buoy |
| Additional information: | teak wooden skylight Survey report of the underwatership is available (2012) Subject agreement by the land Lord a rental residential berth may be available. steering chair |
