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: Gibson, Newcastle & North Shields

There are records of AE, George, Henry, John, John Thomas, Lancelot, Nicholas, Ralph, T & William Gibson owning tugs at Newcastle, North & South Shields.
On the assumption that they are all related they have been added here until further information is discovered.

The following tugs were owned or operated:

Tug Name Year D / H / P Owner
Cosmopolitan 1869 D / H Nicholas Gibson et al, South Shields
Earl Percy 1857 D / H T Gibson et al, Shields
Echo 1856 D / H William Gibson, North Shields
Echo 1859 D / H William Gibson, North Shields
Empress 1865 D / H John Thomas Gibson et al, North Shields
Engineer 1853 D / H W Gibson, Shields
Felling 1857 D / H Ralph Gibson, Newcastle
Flying Scud 1868 D / H John Thomas Gibson et al, North Shields
Gold Digger 1870 D / H Gray & Gibson, South Shields
Henry Wright 1852 D / H / P Robert & George Gibson, South Shields
Knight Templar 1875 D / H Thomas Gibson, South Shields
Pelissier 1855 D / H Messrs Gibson et al, Shields
Prince Alfred 1863 D / H G Gibson et al, South Shields
Robert Pow 1859 D / H Henry Gibson, North Shields
Sir William Wallace 1861 D / H Ralph Gibson, North Shields
Star 1860 D / H Henry Gibson et al, Shields
Stephenson 1862 D / H Ralph Gibson, Newcastle
Swiftsure 1871 D / H John Thomas Gibson, North Shields
Triumph 1872 D / H John Thomas Gibson et al, North Shields
Waterston 1848 D / H William Gibson, North Shields
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