Herakles (pusher)
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| Builder: | Oy Laivateollisuus Ab, Turku, Finland |
| Yard number: | 243 |
| Completed: | October 1967 |
| Converted: | 1991 |
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| Fate: | Sank in 2004 |
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| Type: | Pusher/Tug |
| Classification: | DNV +1A1 R280 Pusher/Tug ECO ICE 1B |
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| Length: | 41.21 m (135.20 ft) |
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| Height: | 38 m (124.67 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.50 m (14.76 ft) |
| Ice class: | 1B |
| Main engines: | 2 × Caterpillar 3606 DITA (2 × 2,030 kW) |
| Auxiliary engines: | 2 × Caterpillar 3306 DIT (2 × 161 kW) 1 × Caterpillar 3512 DITA (807 kW) |
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| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) (without barge) |
| Crew: | 8 |
Coordinates: 60°29′43″N 18°50′59″E / 60.49528°N 18.84972°E
Herakles was a pusher vessel owned by Finnish towing and marine salvage company Alfons Håkans Oy Ab. The ship, originally built as salvage tug Into in 1967, was converted to a pusher in 1991 to be chartered to Rautaruukki Oyj and later ESL Shipping Ltd as the third pusher vessel for the Finnpusku system, a Finnish integrated tug and barge system built in the mid-80s.
On 2 March 2004, while heading north with barge Bulk fully laden with coal, Herakles ran into trouble in the Bothnian Sea when both of her main engines began to fail in heavy weather. After the crew was evacuated the combination drifted to the shallows near Swedish Grundkallen lighthouse and was completely destroyed.
The vessel began her life as salvage tug Into and was delivered to the Finnish oil and petroleum products company Neste Oy by Oy Laivateollisuus Ab in October 1967.
In 1982 she was purchased by Oy Hangon Hinaus Ab, a marine salvage company recently acquired by Effoa. In the same year the ownership of the company was transferred to Neptun, another Finnish marine salvage company in which Effoa had been a major shareholder since 1917. The two companies merged in the following year, after which Neptun changed its name to Oy Hangon Hinaus Ab. When Effoa gave up salvage business in 1988 and sold Oy Hangon Hinaus Ab to Alfons Håkans Oy Ab, Into was renamed Herakles.
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