HMS Wakeful
naval tug
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Wakeful
- IMO number
- 6518140
- MMSI
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- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- naval tug
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 44.4 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1965
- Builder
- Cochrane Shipbuilders
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- Royal Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HMS Wakeful
HMS Wakeful was a support vessel of the Royal Navy from 1974 to 1987. She was built as an ocean-going tug by Cochrane & Sons, in Selby in 1965, and first served as a Swedish civilian tug under the name Herakles. The ship acted as part of the Fishery Protection Squadron in the North Sea for several years, but was eventually replaced when enough Island-class patrol vessels were available. After a £1.6 million refit at Chatham in 1976, she was assigned to HMS Neptune as a submarine tender, target ship and tug. She was replaced by HMS Sentinel and decommissioned on 30 October 1987. She was sold to the Greek firm Hellenic Salvage Tugboats in June 1988, having sailed from Portsmouth for Greece the previous month, on 6 May 1988.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Wakeful now?
- HMS Wakeful has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HMS Wakeful?
- HMS Wakeful is a naval tug, built in 1965 by Cochrane Shipbuilders. The vessel is 44.4 m long.
- Who owns HMS Wakeful?
- HMS Wakeful is operated by Royal Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMS Wakeful been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMS Wakeful appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).