EARLY TUG NAMES
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AGAMEMNON
Built 1872 by Readhead, Softley & Co, S. Shields. YN75. Iron Paddle Tug. L106.3'. B18.4'. D10.0'. 129grt. 55nhp 2cyl 28"x48" side lever steam engine by builder. Official No 65673. PoR 1872 London. 1875 Memel. 1885 London.
1872 Delivered to T. A. Banks et al, Gravesend. 1875 Owned at Memel. 1885 Sold to James Watkins, London. (Broker) 1885 Sold to Alexander Petrie, Stockton. 1891 Owner G. Petrie, Middlesbro. 18-10-1895 Towing lighter laden with wheat Hull to Stockholm. 1904 Owner Hepple & Co., S. Shields. 1904 Owner Anthony Irwing, Sunderland. 1907 owner Susannah Irwing. 12-1910 Transferred to James Irwing. 8-1926 Transferred to Irwing Steam Tug Co., Sunderland. 1928 Scrapped.
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AID 1855
Built 1855 by Money Wigram & Sons, Blackwall. Wood paddle tug. L89.2'. B18'. D8.9'. 112grt. 50nhp 2cyl compound steam engine by John Stewart, Blackwall
1855 Delivered to The Royal Harbour of Ramsgate Trust, London. 1865 Owners The Board of Trade, London. 1890 Sold to John W Spicer & others, Wapping, London. 1891 Sold to James T Morgan & others, London. 1899 owners The Shipowners' Tug Co Ltd, London. 1900 Sold to Dutch owners.
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AID 1877
1877 Built by Millwall Docks & Engineering Works, Millwall. Iron screw tug. L60.6’. B12.3’. D6.7’. 32grt. 250ihp 1cyl steam engine by builder. ON77018
1877 Delivered to Union Lighterage Co Ltd., London. 1892 Owner Francis & Richard Lambert, London. 1896 Owner William Cory & Son Ltd., London. 1898 Owner Richard Waters, London. 1900 Owner Robert Forster, Scotswood-on-Tyne. 1920 Owner Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd., Howden. 1927 Owner Robert Sword, Newcastle. 1932 Scrapped
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AJAX
Built 1855 Garmouth, Scotland [Garmh??] Wood paddle tug, oak, fir, locust. Iron bolted. L94.8’. B21.1’. D11.5’. 175grt.
1855 - 1863 Registered to Shipowners Towing Co, London. Master J Brander.
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ALBION
Built 1880 by Thames Iron Works, Blackwall. Iron screw tug. L64.9'. B13.7'. D7'. 33grt. 30nhp 150ihp 1cyl steam engine by Ormerod Grierson. ON89633
1880 Owner not known. 1884 Frederick Cole, Chelsea .1888 Reengined C2cy ??hp Plenty. 1897 George Collier, Brentford. 1916 Clements Knowling & Co Ltd .1929 Henry Lane, Rotherhithe. 1936 scrapped.
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ALICE
Iron Paddle Tug. 170grt. 60nhp.
Operating Thames 1839
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AMY
Built 1901 by R & H Green, Blackwall YN737. L70.0’. B17.3’. D 8.1’. 67grt. 350ihp 2cyl compound steam engine by Crabtree.
1902 Owner Arthur J Humphery, Southwark. 1915 Owners Arthur J Humphery & Henry Grey Jr Ltd, London. 1920 Sold to Swansea Harbour Trust, Swansea. 1920 Owners Tug Boats Ltd, Swansea. 1923 Owners The Great Western Railway Co, London. 1932 Sold to James Dredging, Towage & Transport Co Ltd, London. 1935 Owners Nash Dredging & Reclamation Co Ltd, London. 1941 Owners General Transport Ltd, Port of Spain, Trinidad . 1945 Registry closed, reported sunk at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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ATHLETE
Built 1893 by J. Stewart & Son Ltd., Blackwall. Steel screw tug. L92.5'. B19.6'. D10.5'. 119grt. 2nrt. 500ihp 3cyl TE steam engine by builder. ON101992. Callsign HPCS later GIAA.
4-1893 Delivered to Matthew Brownfield, Poplar. 23-12-1901 Towed collision damaged Danish barque Claudia, only kept afloat by cargo of timber, from off Dover to London. 29-12-1906 Assisted in refloating Belfast steamer Ormley, aground in St. Margarets Bay, after 1000 tons of wheat cargo had been transferred to lighters. 1908 Owner Miss E. Brownfield, London. 10-6-1909 Sold to The Robinson Tug Co Ltd., Middlesbrough. 191? Req for Admiralty service. 191? Returned to owners. 30-7-1920 Owners Tees Towing Co Ltd., Middlesbrough. 17-3-1929 Towed S.S. Troutwood with defective engine into River Tees. 1947 Sold to J.H. Lamey Ltd., Liverpool. 1955 Scrapped by Thomas W. Ward Ltd., Preston
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BEN ACHIE
See Malta [2]: William Watkins lists.
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BEN LEDI
Built 1878 by Hall, Russell Co., Aberdeen. Iron Paddle Tug. L90'. B18.6'. D10.2'. 114grt. 50nhp 2cyl 25"x48" side lever steam engine by builder. ON 79641. PoR 1878 London. 1883 Aberdeen. 1891 Ayr. 1897 Newcastle.
1878 Delivered to J. F. Gibb, London. 6-9-1879 Towed SV St. Vincent, on fire, to Gravesend from off Southend. 2-2-1881 Shared in £700 salvage award to tugs for towing barque Mary Stewart off Shingles Sands. 1882 Sold to J. N. Newton, Aberdeen. 1886 Sold to Robert Lumley Cook, Sunderland. 4-1891 Sold to Ayr Harbour Trustees (£1700). 5-1897 Sold to Robt. Readhead and Son, Tyneside. 5-1903 Transferred to M. H. Readhead and Susannah White. 1914 Hired by Royal Navy. 9-1915 Returned to Owner. 6-1916 Transferred to Robt Readhead & Son Ltd. 8-1929Transferred to Readhead & Dry's Tugs Ltd. 1935 Scrapped.
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BEN LOMOND
See Burmah: William Watkins lists.
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BEN NEVIS
See Iona: William Watkins lists.
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BULLDOG 1857
Built 1857 at North Shields. Wood paddle tug. L75.3'. B15.4'. D8.6'. 54grt. 28nhp. 1cyl lever steam engine. ON 19872
1857 Delivered to Joseph Hall, Tynemouth. 1858 Owners Henry Hindmarsh, Charles Wade, William Jordan & John Sinclair, London. 1859 Owners Henry Hindmarsh, Charles Wade, William Jordan & James Sinclair. 21-4-1863 Owners appeared in court along with skipper Thomas Bishop accused of transporting passengers from North Woolwich to attend an illegal prize fight at Erith, without a passenger licence. The case was proved. Owners fined £5, skipper £1. 1871 scrapped.
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BULLDOG 1884
Built 1884 by London Dry Dock Co Ltd., Deptford. Iron screw tug. L77.0'. B16.5'. D9.3'. 72 GRT, 3 NRT 40nhp 2cyl 15”x29”x20”s compound steam engine by Windus & Dunsmore, Millwall ON 89630
6-1884 Delivered to London Steam Tug Co Ltd, London. 29-11-1890 Towed SS Berwick with broken shaft into Gravesend. 1900 Owner Arthur W. Smith, Limehouse. 1900 owner John G. Hammond, London. 1901 Owners Boston Steam Tug Co., Boston 5-1912 J. Batey & Son Ltd., Newcastle 6-1920 Transferred to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd., Newcastle 9-1925 Sold to Allen Brown Ltd., Newcastle £825 7-1934 Owners Risdon Beazley Marine Trading Co Ltd., Southampton 4-12-1934 Broken up at Southampton.
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BULLDOG [1891]
Built 1891 by A. Smit, Rotterdam. Screw tug. L61.8'. B14.5'. D7.3'. 46grt. 150ihp 2cyl compound steam engine by builder.
ON125619
1891 Delivered to Dutch owners. 1907 Owner Joseph J Beckett, London, named Bulldog. 1908 Fitted with new boilers. 1909 Sold to Carribbean Marine Salvage Co., Havana Cuba. 10-1909 Departed London for Havana. 1-1910 Sank in Atlantic.
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CALEDONIA 1838
Built 1838 by Stephen Wood, Gateshead. Wood Paddle tug. L84.2’. B18.8’. D9.2’. 96grt.
1838 Delivered to J Drysdale, T Petley, A Harrower, E Lawson & others, London. 1840 Sold. 1844 Owner Caledonian Steam Towing Co, London. 1853 Owner Daniel Barker, Horsleydown, London. 1867 scrapped
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CALEDONIA 1854
Built 1854 by R & H Green, Blackwall. YN307. Wood Paddle Tug. L102'. B16.4'. 124grt. 70nhp.
1854 Delivered to Caledonian Steam Towing Co., London.
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