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ABOVE: A new type of special task vessel delivered to the Swedish

Navy lor use by amphibious battalions. BELOW: This tug is part ol a six-vessel order placed with Astilleros Armon by Union de the Administration. Storebro, which has been building pleasure and workboats from 35 to 75 ft. (10.6 to 22.8 m) for 50 years, sees the new design as being suited to wide ranging marine duties, satisfying the requirements of police, ambulance, coast guard, search and rescue and customs authorities. A total of 39 boats will be built as troop carriers for the Swedish Navy with the final craft in the series due for deliv- ery in December 1997.

Spanish designs suit Belgian and Irish operators

Armon and Zamacona, yards in the Spanish

Construnaves group, have boosted their order books with contracts for a total of seven tugs.

Armon is building six identical Voith-Schneider tractors for the Belgian operator Union de

Remorquage et de Sauvetage (URS) and

Zamacona, a slightly shorter, but otherwise very similar vessel for the Cork Harbor Board in Ireland.

Lieven Gevaert, the lead tug in the URS order, was delivered in December. Designed for ship handling, escort and firefighting duties, and equipped with a 40-ton bollard pull, the 98.4 x 36.1-ft. (30 x 11-m) Lieven Gevaert is the first cycloidal thruster tug to join the URS fleet. It is powered by two Deutz SBV-8M-628 diesel engines, each developing 1,500 kW at 900 rpm, powering the type 28 Gll/185 Voith units. During trials, the vessel reportedly achieved a free running speed of 13 knots.

Equipped to accommodate a crew of eight (the maximum complement needed for coastal duties), the vessel has three double cabins, gal- ley, mess room and shower/toilet facilities at main deck level and an additional two-berth cabin below.

The wheelhouse, which features a central steering console, is well equipped with a Neco autopilot, Skipper echosounder, Magnavox sat- nav and Sailor SSB/VHF communications sys- tem. A remarkably spacious engine room hous- es three Volvo/Stamford auxiliary generating sets in addition to the main engines, which are fitted with Norgear step-up boxes with built-in clutches. The latter drive two Kvaerner fire pumps which, with a combined output of 2,700- cu.-m./hr., supply deck-mounted firefighting monitors located on a raised platform between the funnels.

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