Built the billing boat model of this tug in the year of 1979. Lots of shipmodels later i can say that this tug gave me the interest of ocean going tugs. What a great ship !
The long long storie of SMIT ROTERDAM and SMIT SINGAPORE, is the Best TUG Utility and the world, thank you SMIT SALVAGE Singapore i Joint to you Company 1993 to 2005 at Indonesia Salvage Operation, thank you Mr.TanDionGe for good job, i hope Sam time Joint Work together again with you, Salvage is my life, Thank You All... God Bless You 🙏🙏🙏. Regard, PT.TOSAN RAJAWALI KEMALA Andre van Kempen Salvage Master.
Bloody shame that they are gone now!!! These where the tugs that the Dutch where famous for all over the world and we could not preserve at least one?? I'm feeling very sad right now. Thanks voor de nice pic's though
Great presentation--and music. Would any of those small models be the Heller kit? In any case I saw one image featuring the S.S United States, on which I sailed from Le Havre to New York when I was a boy in 1955. Thanks! Wright Flyer, USAF (1968-1972).
Is there anywhere online where an in-depth history of these ships can be found? I've got both the Heller kit of the Rotterdam and the Revell kit of the Houston and been keen to know the history behind the real ships as well as their sisters for a while.
What a pity...! my friend... thanks for your up date info, about this glories...Maybe in the future, comes to NL. Also "SALVAGEMAN", "HISPANIA", now HERAKLES, must be a BRITISH museum salvage tug... SALVAGEMAN, and SMIT ROTTERDAM..really legend tugs...
No floating museum. All three haven been sold and now sailing a Greek flag, named Global Destiny (ex Rotterdam), Global Change (ex London) en Global Success 1 (ex Singapore).
nice video any idea whats being towed at 2.25? im assuming the whole fleet ,was it ten tugs named after places are now scrapped? my father made the model kit 1:33 smit netherland
Ah I see. Sorry mate, I don't know. :) Yeah, scrapped in an awful place. I was a sailor on the Witte Zee (and some other Smit tugs) and when I saw pictures of this beautiful vessel being towed to het graveyard, I was crying...
all three are gone and were dismantled in Alang India a couple years ago.. only things surviving were their engines that were sold Real shame they couldnt at least keep Rotterdam as a museum ship.. they were kind of legendary in their time 70ies - 90ies
Ik begrijp nog steeds niet waarom Smit Internationale moest ophouden te bestaan. Zo’n toonaangevende wereldspeler.
Built the billing boat model of this tug in the year of 1979. Lots of shipmodels later i can say that this tug gave me the interest of ocean going tugs. What a great ship !
Geweldige boot. Geweldige muziek. 👌👍🛳⛴🚢. Dutch rules the waves. We made the word great again .
The long long storie of SMIT ROTERDAM and SMIT SINGAPORE, is the Best TUG Utility and the world, thank you SMIT SALVAGE Singapore i Joint to you Company 1993 to 2005 at Indonesia Salvage Operation, thank you Mr.TanDionGe for good job, i hope Sam time Joint Work together again with you, Salvage is my life, Thank You All... God Bless You 🙏🙏🙏.
Regard,
PT.TOSAN RAJAWALI KEMALA
Andre van Kempen
Salvage Master.
The music soundtrack is fabulous!
I have always liked this ship,thanks for showing it.
The tugs that define Oceantug
Incredible!!! 🐕
the last great ocean tugs
there is one more Tug , Smit Amandla , based in South Africa
I was a sailor on it back in the eighties
Bloody shame that they are gone now!!! These where the tugs that the Dutch where famous for all over the world and we could not preserve at least one?? I'm feeling very sad right now. Thanks voor de nice pic's though
I agree, Houston, Rotterdam, New York, London Were the best to set giant concrete platforms at location. I remember Bob Overand a Super Captain.
Great presentation--and music. Would any of those small models be the Heller kit? In any case I saw one image featuring the S.S United States, on which I sailed from Le Havre to New York when I was a boy in 1955. Thanks! Wright Flyer, USAF (1968-1972).
awesome video .great music nice work.best regards from Croatia
We need something that like in Croatia as well! 😏👍
that was good, I always enjoy a big tug.
I havent had a tug for years now. Type 2 diabetes
I LOVE IT TUGBOATS ! ! ! ! !!
If I could turn back time , this ships rules the sea again
Nicely done.
Is there anywhere online where an in-depth history of these ships can be found?
I've got both the Heller kit of the Rotterdam and the Revell kit of the Houston and been keen to know the history behind the real ships as well as their sisters for a while.
super mooi heeft iemand die fotos los ergens staan ?
glorious ship
Porfin Captain,consejistelo
@RobinsonDaLobeira were did you take these pictures?
What a pity...! my friend... thanks for your up date info, about this glories...Maybe in the future, comes to NL. Also "SALVAGEMAN", "HISPANIA", now HERAKLES, must be a BRITISH museum salvage tug... SALVAGEMAN, and SMIT ROTTERDAM..really legend tugs...
RobinsonDaLobeira grazie di tutto RobinsonDaLobeira
What scale are these models ? And where can I get one?
5:28 Huh? Surely those coffee urns would go flying in a storm? I'm surprised there isn't some sort of railing around it?
De mooiste sleper ooit gebouwd was de ZWARTE ZEE 4 !!!!!
What is the music scored to this video?
mike oldfield...music is part of the tubular bells album
I think @ 2'27" the PF Is TP2 (North Sea)
No floating museum. All three haven been sold and now sailing a Greek flag, named Global Destiny (ex Rotterdam), Global Change (ex London) en Global Success 1 (ex Singapore).
MrMvMaria that will be the same as scrapping only the process is very slow
god bless
nice video
any idea whats being towed at 2.25?
im assuming the whole fleet ,was it ten tugs named after places are now scrapped?
my father made the model kit 1:33 smit netherland
What's being towed is an oil platform. Allmost all of the tugs are being scrapped, yes.
sorry i ment to ask any idea what platform it was?
thats sad they've been scrapped
Ah I see. Sorry mate, I don't know. :) Yeah, scrapped in an awful place. I was a sailor on the Witte Zee (and some other Smit tugs) and when I saw pictures of this beautiful vessel being towed to het graveyard, I was crying...
thanks anyway :)
yeh the smit fleet are legendary tugs known the world over
I think its the Stafjord A or B in Norway i myself have been sailing on the this boat.
cool
Very nice sir
nice
SUSCRITO VECIÑO
very old tugs now i wonder if salvageman would have out towed these dutch tugs ?
all three are gone and were dismantled in Alang India a couple years ago..
only things surviving were their engines that were sold
Real shame they couldnt at least keep Rotterdam as a museum ship.. they were kind of legendary in their time 70ies - 90ies
it would have been nice to save atleast one of them @@tomwolf2603
lol thats right!
London has been demolished in Alang july 2013
:((
I sailed on the Houston, London, and Rotterdam
In summer 2014 Rotterdam en Singapore sold to scrapyards !!
:(
22000 IHP