Deep Sea Salvage Tugs
Langeoog and Spiekeroog Deep sea salvage tugs are considerably larger than other tugboats and have far more powerful engines. They are usually equipped with heavy-duty towing tackle, high-capacity pumps, lifting booms, fire-fighting hoses and equipment, diving rig, riveting gear, shoring timber, and even steel plates for patching. They are especially adept at towing damaged ships and pulling grounded ships back into deep water. The Langeoog Class salvage tugs were based closely upon the SS Foundation Franklin. Launched in 1918, she started life as the Royal Navy tug “Frisky”, and with the war over she was sold as surplus, which led to a much traveled and varied career. By 1930 she had been sold to Foundation Maritime in Canada, where she was refitted for deep sea salvage work and based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was one of the most successful of her type and carried out many daring and difficult rescues on the stormy North Atlantic. When other ships would not dare to leave harbor, Foundation Franklin would steam into the teeth of a monster storm, get a hawser on the stricken vessel, and tow into port what would otherwise have been a doomed merchant vessel and crew. She was legendary in her day, and in 1948 saved the SS Arosa in a hurricane so violent, it damaged “Franklin” beyond repair – and she was scrapped in 1949. Her exploits were immortalized in Farley Mowat’s 1958 book “The Grey Seas Under”. It’s still in print and makes a very good read.   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!