Category:Forceful (tugboat, 1925)
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Information about the vessel may be found at IMO 5117559. A ship can change name and flag state through time, but the IMO number remains the same through the hull's entire lifetime. As a result, it can be useful to identify a ship by using the IMO number. |
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Source: Scottish Built Ships, Australian General and International Shipping Registers, Miramar Ship Index
Ship
[edit]- Type: Steam powered tugboat
- Design by:
- Order date:
- Built by: Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd of Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
- Yard No: 509
- Keel laid:
- Launch date: 1925.11.20
- Date of completion: 1925.12.20
- Length over all: 36.88 m
- LPP: m
- Beam: 8.26 m
- Draught: 4.08 m
- GRT: 288
- DWT:
- NET:
- Main engine: 1 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine
- Speed: 13 kn
- Bunker Capacities: 103 tons of coal and 78 tons of water.
- Coal Consumption: About 10 tons per day
- www.clydeships.co.uk
History
[edit]- 1926 Named: Forceful for the predecessors of Queensland Tug Company Pty Ltd Flag: Australia
- 21.12.1925 Left Glasgow
- 07.03.1926 Arrived in Brisbane. Employed mainly in the Brisbane River.
- 16.02.1942 Commissioned as HMAS Forceful Worked around Fremantle
- 10.1942 Sailed for Darwin. From October, 1942 to August, 1943, engaged in harbour work around Darwin, towed lighters to Merauke in Dutch New Guinea and, on occasions, acted as a rescue vessel for aircraft and crews returning from bombing missions.
- 08.1943 Towed a landing ship to Brisbane
- 11.10.1943 Paid off and returned to her owners.
- 01.1964 Becoming the last coal-burning tug on the river. With the more efficient diesel engined tugs, Forceful's work gradually decreased, with frequent periods when she was idle.
- 28.09.1970 Retired from service.
- 10.06.1971 Handed over to the Queensland Maritime Museum Association and started to be a museum ship.
- 2023: Queensland Maritime Museum Association concluded that it could no longer afford to retain Forceful. Between September and November 2023 the vessel was scrapped in Brisbane.
Media in category "Forceful (tugboat, 1925)"
The following 24 files are in this category, out of 24 total.
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"FORCEFUL" (IMO- 5117559) TUG BOAT 287 tons. (14189167018).jpg 3,304 × 1,984; 2.6 MB
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Bow of Forceful March 2008.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 574 KB
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Forceful (30426211614).jpg 3,666 × 2,323; 6.5 MB
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Forceful at the Queensland Maritime Museum July 2015 02.jpg 2,338 × 1,458; 915 KB
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Forceful viewed from the Goodwill Bridge March 2008.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 625 KB
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Forceful viewed from the Stern March 2008.jpg 1,612 × 1,209; 329 KB
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HMAS Forceful docked in Brisbane.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 3.26 MB
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HMAS Forceful.JPG 2,048 × 1,536; 557 KB
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Side view of Forceful at the Queensland Maritime Museum July 2015.jpg 3,412 × 2,134; 1.73 MB
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StateLibQld 1 107980 Forceful (ship).jpg 1,000 × 424; 120 KB
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StateLibQld 1 129447 Coringa (ship), Forceful (ship) and Carlock (ship).jpg 6,000 × 3,714; 1.48 MB
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StateLibQld 1 148375 Markunda (ship).jpg 642 × 1,000; 34 KB
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StateLibQld 1 167735 Forceful (ship).jpg 1,000 × 695; 42 KB
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StateLibQld 1 49952 Forceful (Ship).jpg 1,000 × 616; 81 KB
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StateLibQld 1 75579 Eagle Street wharves, Brisbane, Queensland, ca.1935.jpg 752 × 1,000; 114 KB
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Steam Tug "Forceful" - panoramio.jpg 1,408 × 1,056; 218 KB
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Steamtugforceful.JPG 1,340 × 1,208; 378 KB
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Tug Forceful (31069887116).jpg 4,687 × 2,423; 8.13 MB
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Tug Forceful on Brisbane River-01+ (490871140).jpg 1,600 × 1,067; 1.74 MB
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Tugboat Forceful South Brisbane - panoramio.jpg 1,408 × 1,056; 329 KB
Categories:
- IMO 5117559
- Museum ships of Australia
- Queensland Maritime Museum
- Ships built in 1925
- Ships built at Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow
- Ships named Forceful
- Ships in Queensland
- Ships registered in Brisbane
- Ships of the Royal Australian Navy
- Steam tugs
- Steamships of Australia
- Tugboats of Australia
- Tugboats by name
- Ships scrapped in Australia
- Ships scrapped in 2023