SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name SMITH'S DOCKS No.3
Type Tug
Yard Number 499
Launched 07/11/1911
Completed 12/1911
Off. Number 128814
Engine builder Shields Eng. Co. Ltd., N.Shields
Engine type C 2 cyl
GRT 39
Length (feet) 60.3
Beam (feet) 14.0
First owner Smiths Dock Co Ltd
   
History 08/09/1914-15/01/1920 Admiralty service as HMS MARY at Scapa Flow.
  1920 SMITH'S DOCKS NO.3
  Later re-engined (20 grt.)
  1979 COB, Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, Wallsend
  1987 Sold to Tyne Towage (M.Devlin)
  1988-9 Sold to Scottish buyer for conversion to yacht.
   
Fate  

 

... and as COB on the Tyne

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