THAMES TUGS
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LATEST PHOTO'S
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Eric Cawsey in Formidable's engine room. Photo Eric Cawsey.
Foremost 22. Photo R. Stanford colln.
Oceana. Photo A. Hughes colln.
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NEW FEATURE
THAMES LIGHTERAGE TUG OF THE WEEK
Medusa. APCM.
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HELP WANTED!!!!!
A tug company dinner being held at Gravesend, date unknown but I would guess at late 50's or early 60's. Any information gratefully received especially identification of any individuals. Photo from STL collection.
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Two pics from early WW2. The lower pic would appear to be the ill-fated Sun VII complete with grey funnel and may be taken at Southend Pier. The upper picture is also beleived to be a Sun Tug Crew. A long shot I know but grateful for any names or other details. Both photos from Alan Hughes colln.
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The Sun X cartoon mystery appears to have been solved and it now appears on memorabilia page.
The 'Miss Shrimper' mystery has also been solved and also appears in memorabilia pages.
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LATEST NEWS
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LATEST UPDATES
THE SITE IS BEING CONTINUALLY UPDATED AS RESEARCH UNCOVERS MORE DETAIL. HARDLY A DAY PASSES WITHOUT SOME SMALL PIECE OF INFORMATION BEING ADDED, BUT LISTED BELOW ARE THE LATEST LARGER UPDATES.
22nd July 2008:
New Message in Mess Room.
8th July 2008.
A new section entitled "early owners" has been started. This was to be my site project for the coming winter but recently i have received several enquiries regarding these early owners, so decided to make a start. There is still a lot of research to be done so publishing may well be a slow process. Also included in this section will be details known, and some are very sparse, of the 19th century ship handling tugs not already featured on site. The list of vessels at the moment stands at 100+. Again this could take a while. If anyone out there has any details of these early owners and tugs, and wants to share them, please do not hesitate to contact me, however limited your information may be.
4th July 2008
New message in Mess Room.
29th June 2008:
3 new message in Mess Room.
3st May 2008:
New message in Mess Room.
18th May 2008:
Details updated and vessels added PLA [3]. New message in Mess Room.
17th May 2008:
Details updated and vessels added PLA [2].
13th May 2008;
Details updated and vessels added PLA [1].
29th April 2008:
New message in Mess Room.
28th April 2008:
New message in Mess Room. Also Watkins Family page [Rollcall] updated following a message from Gillian Everett in Australia informing me that Sylvia, William Watkins youngest daughter, would later become the mother of Georgette Heyer the famous historical novelist. [If you dont know the name guys ask your wife/girlfriend/mother!!]
21st April 2008:
New message in Mess Room.
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