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

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Above: Select the required Tug Owner by using the initial letter of the Owner's Name eg: Batey, Lawson or Tyne.
KEY BELOW: D / H / P (D = basic dimensions are shown; H = a history is given; P = one or more photographs are available)

Tug Owner: Thomas Allan Dry, South Shields

Tug Owner: John Dry, South Shields

Thomas Allan Dry (c1857 to 1889)
John Dry (1899 to 1908)

See John H Proud's book "150 Years of the Maltese Cross" for further details.

The following tugs were owned or operated:

Tug Name Year D / H / P
Brothers 1869 D / H
Gauntlet 1869 D / H
Great Britain 1874 D / H / P
Great Emperor 1866 D / H
Great Emperor 1909 D / H / P
James Conley 1864 D / H
Malta 1875 D / H / P
Ocean Bride 1857 D / H
Prince 1859 D / H / P
Snowdon 1885 D / H / P
Test 1853 D / H
Washington 1870 D / H / P
William 1842 D / H
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