Hi Nathan
I see from the Teesport Shipping Schedules that it was GW214 which was used to refloat Jackup - So no 'Ocean Going Tug' involved ;-)
The following report on the BBC web site appears to be incorrect as both Jackup and GW214 have berthed at Victoria Quay in Hartlepool.
Washed-up rig removed from beach
Efforts to refloat a giant drill rig which washed ashore in storms off Teesside have ended in success.
The rig was being used to prepare the seabed for a planned windfarm off the coast when it was smashed off its legs and washed ashore at Redcar.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) refloated the drill on Monday and said it had escaped serious damage.
It will be taken to Teesport for further examination but it is not known when it will resume work.
Ian Jackson of the MCA said: "There are no holes in the hull, the fuel tanks are sound and all that was lost off the rig was some stuff off the deck."
Cast iron legs
The rig, which is 30 metres long and 15 metres wide and weighs 200 tonnes, had been carrying out test bores at Tees Bay when it was damaged on Friday.
Its nine-metre high legs had been left on the sea bed at Coatham while the rig floated three miles down the coast and washed up near Green Lane in Redcar.
The cast iron legs were undamaged.
Dave Cocks, from Redcar RNLI, said: "The rig was unmanned at the time of the incident so there was no request for the lifeboat to launch."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/tees/7226567.stmRegards
Steve Ellwood
