Yelta

No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.

Identity & particulars

Name

Yelta

IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?

5395539

MMSIWhat is an MMSI?

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Vessel type

Tug

Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight

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Length overall

AMSASource: AMSA — list of registered ships (Australian General Shipping Register), record 191167. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.29 m

Beam

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Year built

1949

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About Yelta

Yelta is a steam tug which operated in the Australian state of South Australia from 1949 to 1976 within both the Port River and the waters of Gulf St Vincent immediately adjoining the river's mouth. After being laid up for about nine years, she was purchased in 1985 by the Government of South Australia for addition to the collection of the South Australian Maritime Museum as a museum ship. As of 1985, she was considered to be the only remaining steam-powered tug operating within Australian waters. Yelta was built at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard in Sydney, during 1948 by the Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company for Ritch & Smith of Port Adelaide, South Australia. After an 11-day voyage from Sydney, Yelta arrived in Port Adelaide on 22 February 1949. Until her retirement in 1976, she assisted vessels to and from docks and other facilities within the Port River.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Yelta now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Yelta in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is Yelta?

Yelta is a tug, built in 1949. The vessel is 29 m long.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Yelta?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Yelta from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels and the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Yelta. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.