Eastbound on Kiel Canal passing Rendsburg/Germany underway from Wilhelmshaven to Kiel. The submarine U 17 (S196) is earmarked as museum ship and will be part of the collection at Technik Museum Sinsheim in southern Germany. The tugs are BÜLK (IMO 8701284) and STEIN (IMO 9241243) from Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft (SFK) at Kiel.

Data for tug BÜLK :

Length o.a. 29,90m beam 9,90m draught 4m
GT : 263 tons
DWT : 195 tons
Home port : Kiel/Germany
Operated by Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel (SFK) at Kiel/Germany
Bollard pull : 40 tons
Main engines : 2 x MWM TBD 440-8K (1600hp each)
Max. speed : 13.5 kts
Callsign : DJVM
MMSI : 211222680
Built in 1987 by shipyard Johann Oelkers at Hamburg/Germany (yard number 597)