SD Atlas
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SD Atlas was a tugboat in service with Serco Marine Services at HMNB Portsmouth, where she worked in support of the United Kingdoms Naval Service.
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Name | SD Atlas |
Operator | Serco Marine Services |
In service | 2005 |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
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Status | Retired |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 88 GRT |
Length | 21.3 metres (70 ft) |
Beam | 7.6 metres (25 ft) |
Draught | 3.3 metres (11 ft) |
Installed power | Bollard pull: 33 tonnes |
Complement | 8 |
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She was built in Uzmar, Turkey in 1999, and was originally named MT Yenikale.[1] The ship was chartered by Serco Denholm in 2005, and is named after the original Atlas, a tug built at Chatham Dockyard in 1909.[1]