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LASS O’ GOWRIE 1855
 
Built 1855 at North Shields. Wood paddle tug. L75’. B16.1’. D8.1’. 54grt. 12nrt. 26nhp 1cyl steam engine. ON10181.
 
1855 Delivered to unknown owner. 1858 Owners  Matthew Brownfield et al, Gravesend. 1-1861 Owner Robert Bromley et al, Goole. 22-8-1864  Registration cancelled as employed in inland navigation. 1866 Owner  Wilkinson Shearsmith, Hull. 1887 Scrapped.
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LION 1859

 Built 1859 at S. Shields. Iron Paddle tug.  L106.2. B18.9. D10.0' 121grt 60nhp. 2cyl Lever steam engine by  Thomas D Marshall, S Shields ON 27643

1859 Delivered to William & Thomas Jolliffe, Liverpool. 1863 Owner William Coppin, Londonderry. 1866 Owner David Stone & John Vanner, London. 1872 Owner Hugh Andrews, Belfast. 1873 Owner Belfast Harbour Commissioners. 1893 Re-engined 90nhp 2cyl side lever by J.D. Marshall at S-Shields. 1897 Owner Hugh McIntyre, Glasgow. 1898 Owner William Garscadden (Clyde Salvage Association), Glasgow.  1898 Owner George Garscadden, Leith. 1898 Owner Archibald McKinnon & William Slimon, Leith. 1909 Owner Archiblad McKinnon & Robert Nicholson, Leith. 1911 owner James Nicholson & Rutherford Fortune, Leith. 1912 Scrapped
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LION 1902
 
Built 1902 by George Brown and Co Ltd., Greenock. YN11. Steel screw tug. L75.4’. B19.2’. D9.4’. 87grt. 5nrt. 550ihp. 3cylTE steam engine by Muir and Houston Ltd. ON115945.

1902 Delivered to  Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers (1900) Ltd, London. 1927 Owners restyled  Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd. London. 27-11-1939 Req for  RAF balloon barrage service.  6-1-1941 Foundered, with loss of all crew, after hitting mine,  2½ cables from No.5 Medway Buoy, 2 miles from Garrison Point.
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LIONESS 1867
 
Built 1867 at Bow. Iron screw tug. L62.4’. B13.1’. D7.3’.  42grt 24nhp 2cyl compound steam engine. ON56820

1867 Delivered to William Vokins, London. 1889 Owner John W. Spicer. 1891 Owner Joseph Constant, London.
1892 Owner Charles E. Gaselee, London .1897 Owner Phillip Margetts, Canning Town, London. 1898 Owner George Margetts, Canning Town, renamed Klondyke. 1900 Owner George & Phillip Margetts, Canning Town. 1903 Owner Phillip Margetts, Canning Town. 1906 Owner William & Sarah Margetts, Canning Town .1913 Owner Ernest Lawrence Brown, Bristol. 1921 Owner William H. Slocombe, Cardiff. 1923 Owner John Smith & William Union, Cardiff .1929 Owner William Union, Cardiff. 1936 Scrapped at Cardiff.
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LITTLE BRITON
 

Built at  Blackwall. Iron tug.L60’. B12’. D6.6’. 27grt. 20nhp. 2cyl compound steam engine. ON54676.
 
1866 Owner G Locket & E S Judkins, London 1887 Owner Joseph Westwood, Millwall 1891 Owner William Allen, London 1893 Owner Arthur Burgin, New Cross 1893 Owner A H & H Keep, London 1900 Owner G Knowling & J Clements, London. 1921 Scrapped.
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LONDON
 
1841 Owners Thames Steam Towing Co., London.
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LORD BANDON 1878

 Built 1878 by Joseph T. Eltringham & Co., South Shields (YN 69) Iron paddle tug/tender. L122.2’. B19.7’. D10.3’. 154grt. 30nrt. 95nhp. 2cyl 30.5”x 54” side lever steam engine by Hepple and Co., S. Shields. ON76862. Callsign LBTG.
 
1878 Delivered to R. Seaton, Cork. 26-3-1886 Owners Clyde Shipping Co Ltd., Glasgow. 24-9-1887 Renamed Flying Falcon.
1889 Owner William  Sandford, Gravesend. 27-3-1891 Owner Thomas C. Coggins, Liverpool. 10-8-1891 Transferred to Flying Falcon Tug Co Ltd., [manager Thomas C. Coggins] Liverpool. 5-1902 Sold to French buyers and reduced to a barge. No further trace.
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LORD WARDEN 1868
 
 Built 1868 by Readhead, Softley and Co., South Shields. YN36. iron paddle tug. L100.4’. B18.3’. D10.1’. 116grt. 23nrt. 55nhp 2cyl 28”x48” steam engine by builder. ON60856.
 
1868 Delivered to Joseph Martin & other Gravesend pilots. 1874 Sold to W J Homewood, London. 1878 Owner William H Ives & other Gravesend pilots. 1879 Sold to T A F Banks et al, Gravesend. 1886 Sold to  Frederick Pattison & other Gravesend pilots.
1895 Owner Joseph T Eltringham, S Shields . 1895 Owner John Anderson & Robert Chater, N Shields. 1896 Owner John Anderson, N Shields. 5-1903 Transferred to The Anchor Steam Tug Co Ltd., Sunderland. 1920 Transferred to France Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, Newcastle. 1920 Sold to Charles W Robinson, Middlesbrough. 1920 Sold to Charles Duncan & Sons Ltd, Middlesbrough. 1924 Scrapped.
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MABEL 1890

Built 1890 by Westwood Baillie & Co, Poplar. Iron screw tug. L73.5’. B15.1’. D8’.  55grt. 9nrt. 50nhp 2cyl compound steam engine by Vulcan ironworks Ltd., Hull. ON98064
 
1890 Delivered to  James Watkins, London. 1891 Owner William Coombs, Llanely. 1891 Owner The Mabel screw tug company, Llanely. 2-10-1895 Rescued crew of collision damaged and sinking Barry pilot boat Maria. 1910 Owner William James Guy, Cardiff. 1913 Owner Thomas Spink, Hull. 1921 Owner United Towing Co Ltd., Hull. 1950 Scrapped.
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MERRY ANDREW 1857
 
Built 1857 by Thomas & William Smith, North Shields. Iron paddle tug. L120.9’. B20.3’. D10.3’. 178grt. 80nhp 2cyl side lever engine by builder. ON28072
 
1857 Delivered to unknown owner. 1860 Owner Thomas E. Smith, London. 1884 Owner Robert, William, Nicholas & Henry Strong, Liverpool. 1893 Owners Strong Steam Tug Co Ltd, Liverpool. 1905 Scrapped.
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METEOR 1849
 
Built 1849 by Caird and Co, Greenock. YN19. Iron paddle Tug. L105.9’. B17.6’. D8.6’. 168grt. 30nrt. 60ihp 2cylSL steam engine by builder. ON32597.
 
2-1849 delivered to Clyde Shipping Co Ltd., Glasgow.  10-4-1854 Owner Nicol A. Mein, London. 21-6-1854 Owner Nicol A. Mein and Thomas Fisher, London. 11-6-1856 Sold to W. Buyers and A. Learmouth, Sydney NSW. 24-10-1856 Sold to William Fanning, Sydney. 18-8-1868 Sold to Chinese owners.
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MILTON 1866
 
 Built    1866 @ Milton, Kent
 
 Owner A. R. Fisher, Gravesend.   6-12-1879 Whilst laying at buoy off S. E. India Dock entrance the eight man crew became aware the tug would be run down by the Italian SS Europa. They took to the tugs small boat, but this was capsized in the collision, resulting in loss of tugs mate, Henry Edward Cheeseman. 1889 Possibly owned at  Preston.
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MIZPAH 1892
 
Built 1892 by Edwin Morgan, Grand Junction Dock, Uxbridge.Composite built TUG. L51.9’. B13.3’. D4.2’. 21grt. 14nrt. 124ihp 2cyl compound steam engine by Alfred H Beatley, Uxbridge. ON115925

1892 [unregistered] 1902 Alfred Buck, Brentford  1920 William & John Buck, Brentford 1929 John Benjamin Vincent, Tomlin Terrace,Limehouse.  9-12-1929 0200hrs sank inside N. Woolwich Pier due to stress of weather. 19-12-1929. Vessel lifted and placed ashore at N. Woolwich with no apparent damage. 1931 Dismantled and used as a houseboat.
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MYSTERY 1852

 Built   1852.  Paddle Tug. L96.1' B16.6'.  105grt.
 
 Owner Richard. D. Ross, London. 4-6-1860 Towed disabled S/V R M Mills from off Beachy Head to Victoria Dock.
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NELSON

1842 Owned by Shipowners Towing Co, London.

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 NELSON 1858

Built 1858. Wooden paddle tug. L99’. 99grt. ON21589
 
1881 Still in existence.

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NEW UNITY

8-1862 Owner United Steam Towing Co., London. 15-8-1862 Whilst turning iron ship Ganges opposite Shadwell basin the ship fell onto her beam ends and sank, supposedly due to insufficient ballast.

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NEWCASTLE 1824

Built 1824 @ North Shore. L86'. B14.6'. 45hp. Grasshopper type steam engine by Hawkes. Flue boiler. Burnt 7 tons daily. Speed 7knts. Bunkers 18 tons.

1839 Owners Shipowners Towing Co. 14-5-1847 Towed barque Baboo from Shadwell basin, having secured her line before the booked tug Lion of Thames Steam Towing Co. Whilst towing the pilot instructed Newcastle’s master to cast off as he would not get paid. This eventually was done resulting in the barque going aground near Duke Shore, Limehouse and sustaining damage, the whole matter ending up in the Admiralty Court. 1858 Company in liquidation, no further trace.

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OSCAR 1876

Built 1876 by G. Butchard, Milton, Gravesend. Iron paddle tug. L82’. B16.6’. D8.9’. 72grt. 45nhp 2cyl 22”x45” side lever steam engine by builder. ON73635.l

1876 Delivered to J Martin, London. 21-2-1879 Collided with barque Mystle Tie in Downs. 1879 Sold to G H Jewell, Kings Lynn. 1881 Sold to Dundalk Harbour Commissioners. 11-1907 Sold to Joseph Ridley, Tyneside. 4-1920 Transferred to Ridley Steam Tug Co Ltd. 3-1932 Sold for £75 to Grahamsley Ltd for scrap.

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PERSEVERANCE 1849

 Built    1849.  Wood paddle tug.  L97'. B17.7'. D10.8'.156grt
 
1849  Owner Thomas Petley, London. Later believed to have worked on River Severn. 1879 Working on Thames.
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PILOT 1837

 Built 1837. Wood paddle tug.
 
1837 Owners Symington Patent Paddle Towing Co, London.  1839 Owners Shipowners Towing Co, London. 1849 Owners Pilot Steam Tug and Steam Rescue Company, [Capt. Shepherd], London??
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POWERFUL 1842

 Built 1842. Wood paddle tug.
 
1842 Owners Shipowners Towing Company, London. 1858 Company in liquidation, No further trace.
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POWERFUL 1857
 
Built 1857 by Westwood Baillie & Co., Poplar. Wood Paddle Tug. 88'x17.5'x8.8'. 88grt. 23nrt. 40nhp 2cyl lever steam engine. ON21166
 
1847 Delivered to William J Thomas and others, Gravesend, t/as Commercial Towing Co., London. 1887 Owner George Lander, Gravesend. 188? Owner Thomas Bradley, Hessle. 19-11-1889 Sold to Humber Steam Towing Co., Hull. 1902 Sold to Frank Graves & Joseph Harrison, Hull. 20-2-1905 Sold to William Doughty, Hull. 21-4-1910 Sold to Samuel Harrison, Hull. 21-4-1917 Transferred to Harrison and Doughty Ltd., Hull. 27-7-1920 Sold to Roland Harrison, Hull. 3-2-1921 Sold to United Towing Co., Hull. 1924 Scrapped.
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PREMIER 1894

Built 1894 by A W Robertson and Co., Canning Town. Steel screw tug. L79’. B17.6’. D9.7’. 83grt. 400hp 2cyl 15.5”x32”x20”s compound steam engine by builder. ON102869.

1-1894 Delivered to Parkinson and Edwards, Gravesend. 25-4-1897 £160 award for assistance to SS W D Cruddas whose prop had fouled the chain of her mooring buoy in Greenwich Reach. 1-9-1907 Escorting Channel swimmer from Dover. 1-1917 £200 award for towing SS Fredriksberg clear of the military pontoon bridge at Gravesend, which the steamship had fouled in a gale. 1917 Sold to Grimsby Steam Tug Co. 6-1918 Hired by RN. 1-1919 Returned to owners. 1923 Sold to Ridley Steam Tug Co Ltd., Tyneside. 4-1928 Sold for £1150 to Peter McLeod, Alloa. 1930 Not registered.
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PRINCE 1859

 Built   1859 at Rye.  Wooden Paddle Tug.  L90.3'. B18.5'. D9.0'.  89grt.  52nhp.  2cyl 27.5"x42" side lever steam engine  by J. A. Young, Blackwall. Official No.  28352.  PoR 1860 London. 1874 London. 1895 S. Shields.
 
1859  Delivered to  F. Spicer, Bermondsey, London.   c1868 Transferred to J. I. Spicer, Old Ford, London. 1874 Sold to D. S. H. Oates et Al, London. 1882 Sold to E. Edwards, Poplar. 12-1895 Sold to John  Dry, S. Shields. 5-1908 Transferred to  John Dry Steam Tugs Ltd. 1912 Scrapped at Hylton, River Wear.
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PRINCE OF HESSE 1848

Built 1848 at Peters Quay, Northumberland. Wood Paddle Tug. L75'. B15.8'. D8.3'.  58grt. 130nhp. ON46045
 
1848 Completed for John Ridley, Newcastle, named Wonder. 1864 Sold to J Matthews, London, renamed Prince of Hesse. 1871 Not on MN list.
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