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Smit Rotterdam / Smit London

By: Heller Models

Type: Scale Model

Product Line: Historical Model Kits (1/75) (Heller Models)

101 pcs.

MSRP old price: $56.99

Price Reduced

Product Info

Title
Smit Rotterdam / Smit London
Publisher
Publish Year
2021
Dimensions
17.75x10x3"
NKG Part #
2147983322
MFG. Part #
HEL80620
Type
Scale Model

Description

As ships and oil platforms grew in size in the 1970s, tugs had to be developed to support them. With an output of 22,000 hp, the tugs SMIT ROTTERDAM and SMIT LONDON, “sister ships”, were built in 1975 by the shipyard “De Merwede” in Hardinxveld-Giessendam (Netherlands). For a long time, these two ocean-going tugs were the largest and most powerful in the world. They were specially developed to pull very heavy elements such as offshore platforms over long distances and in all weather conditions and to support ships in need. No matter in which ocean. After an almost 40-year career, they were scrapped in India in 2013 and 2014.

Models & Model Kits are supplied unpainted and unassembled unless otherwise noted.