Eā Class Sea Tug

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Eā Class Sea Tug, 1911
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Class overview
Builders: Brecanburg Shipwright Company
Operators: Civilian
Built: 1911-1913
In service: 1911-1963
Completed: 7
Retired: 7
Scrapped: 7
General characteristics
Type: Sea Tug
Length: 125 ft
Beam: 27 ft
Height: 56 ft (WL-Mast)
Draft: 13 ft
Installed power: 1700 ihp
Propulsion: Fasteah Iron-Works 3-Cylinder Triple-Expansion Reciprocating Steam Engine
Speed: 11 knots
Capacity: 15 t bollard pull
Crew: 10-15

The Eā class of tug is the result of a contract from the Stærling Line[1] (Hereafter: Starling Line), to fill an expanding gap in capability of their current tugboats, as the last decade of competition with the Glasic Union Line had seen the average size of ocean liners increase dramatically; Vessels routinely displacing 30,000 tons were now a common sight in the ports of Fȳrland, and so the last generation of tugboats were quickly becoming overwhelmed.

Starling Line awarded the contract for a series of new powerful sea tugs to the Brēcænburg Scipwyrhta Intinga (Hereafter: BSI)[2], on the 4th of January 1910. The design called for an incredible amount of power to be crammed into the relatively confined space of such a small vessel, with the boiler taking up almost all of the beam amidships; As such, range was considerably limited on high power tasks, while requiring a full complement of five stokers, which made the vessels expensive to operate at full capacity. These characteristics meant that the Eā's operated by Starling Line could often be seen moored alongside the harbour collier, with all hands shovelling coal into the chutes in earnest.

Starling Line received the first two of the order from BSI on the 5th of March 1911, and christened them Hal and Hadyn, after the then chairman of Starling sons.

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Hal and Hadyn

Notes

  1. (Lit: Starling Line)
  2. (Lit: Brecanburg Shipwright Company)