TYNE TUGS AND TUG BUILDERS
A history of Tyne Tugs, their builders and owners

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Above: Select the required shipyard by using the initial letter of the Surname eg: Eltringham, Hepple or Rennoldson.
KEY BELOW: D / H / P (D means basic dimensions are shown; H means a history is given; P means one or more photographs are available)

Shipbuilder: D & G Heckels, North Shields (1869 - 1876)

Shipbuilder: Heckels Bros, North Shields (1869 - 1876)

D & G Heckels is recorded as the builder of ARIEL and Coble Dene as the location of the yard where the VICTORIA was built. The records for PILOT say she was built at Limkilns Shore, also very close to Coble Dene.

Yd No Year Ship Name D / H / P
1869 Ariel D / H / P
1870 Helen McGregor D / H
1870 Miss Roberts D / H
1870 Selina D / H / P
1871 Viceroy D / H
1872 Coquet D / H
1873 Pilot D / H
1873 Victoria D / H / P
1874 Ariel D / H
1874 Surprise D / H
1876 Nation's Hope D / H
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