Meet the Makers - Model Display Table 9

Table 9 - Place 1

Model Owner: Ralph Burns

Model Builder: Ralph Burns

Vessel: Mormand Mariner

Vessel Type: Anchor Handler 101

Scale: 72 Scale

Builder: Ulstein Verft dept Vanylven (Fiskå)

Length: 82.1 m

Beam: 20 m

Displacement: 3683 tons

Launch Date: 17 August 2002

Designed to handle large anchors for oil rigs.

Table 9 - Place 2

Model Owner: Ralph Burns

Model Builder: Ken Langsford

Vessel: Amsterdam

Vessel Type: Ocean Going Tug

Scale: 50 :1

Builder: Johan Alkers shipyard in Hamburg.

Length: 53 m

Beam: 14 m

Displacement: 1440 tons

Launch Date: 1971

The Amsterdam class tugs were designed to tow large ships, super carriers. The French Navy had three such tug called Tenace, Centaure and Malabar.

Table 9 - Place 3

Model Owner: Ralph Burns

Model Builder: Ralph Burns

Vessel: Armidale

Vessel Type: Armidale Class Patrol Boat

Scale: 72 Scale

Builder: Austal Western Australia

Length: 56.8 m

Beam: 2.7 m

Displacement: 300 tons

Launch Date: commissioned June 2005

Primary roles border protection and fisheries patrols.