TRAFFIC / INGENIEUR RIEBELL

BUILT IN 1911 BY HARLAND & WOLFFIN BELFAST.SHE SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO 'NOMADIC'. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 675 TONS, AND BUILT AS A TENDER. SHE WAS USED BY THE IMMC FLEET AT CHERBOURG, ALSO IN 1914 GOING DOWN TO BREST, AND OPERATED ALONGSIDE 'NOMADIC'. IN 1927 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE COMPAGNIE CHERBOURGEOISE DE TRANSBORDEMEN . SHE WAS SOLD AGAIN IN, ALONG WITH NOMADIC IN 1934 TO SOC CHERBOURGEOISE DE REMORQUAGE ET DE SAUVETAGE ( CHERBOURG TOW & RESCUE SOCIETY ) AND SHE  WAS RE-NAMED ' INGENIEUR RIEBELL '. BOTH VESSELS WERE USED FOR GENERAL TENDER WORK/SALVAGE/TOWING AS THE WORK FOR DEDICATED TENDERS WAS ON THE DECLINE.