SEAGOING TUGBOATS Nordwind and Passat The tugs Nordwind and Passat are categorized as “seagoing” tugs, and ours come from a “mixed” background. Nordwind is patterned closely upon a design commissioned by the Hamburg-Amerika Steamship Line. As the transatlantic immigrant trade grew in volume, Hamburg-Amerika became the chief carrier – which eventually resulted in ocean liners of ever-increasing size. They soon realized the available tugboats simply didn’t have the horsepower to shove around enormous passenger liners, and Hamburg-Amerika commissioned the design of a larger and more powerful tug. Kaiser Wilhelm II was close friends with the Director of the steamship line (Albert Ballin) and thought the tugs would be ideal for handling dreadnoughts. An unknown number of tugs were eventually built by Ballin and leased to the Kaiserliche Marine. The Passat is a more modern and more powerful version of the Nordwind, with an enclosed wheelhouse, even more powerful engines, higher freeboard to improve sea-keeping qualities, and beefed-up winch capacity. The actual appearance of the Passat tugs was arrived at by using “pieces” of several tugs from the late 1920’s to the early 1940’s. Seagoing tugs were capable of dealing with the largest ships and enormous barge tows on the open sea, but for especially difficult jobs or very long-haul jobs, a salvage tug was usually hired. How to use This pack contains .SC4model-files and props as .SC4desc-files. So, by installing this pack nothing will directly appear in your game. You can use the props on your own lots or convert the SC4models into buildings, as you please. Since most props are to be used on water lots and props naturally align with the surface level, they will sink to the sea floor, if you do not stick to the guidelines on how to use props on water lots. Finally you will need to follow the instructions on how to make a lot transparent. You will find the props in any Lot-Editor under the prefix A_1P_h_ As per request from the community, I have also included a version of the ship without historic flags and crew. Please visit @Dreadnought's CJ to get detailed descriptions and the historical backgrounds to these prop packs. You will see a wonderful display of the results of our long collaboration there and can get a preview of what might be hidden in the coming prop packs or simply get some inspiration for your own harbour!