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: Lawson Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle

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
Alnmouth 1962 D / H / P
Alnwick 1955 D / H / P
Appelsider 1962 D / H / P
Ashbrooke 1955 D / H / P
Bamburgh 1956 D / H / P
Bulldog 1884 D / H / P
Comet 1876 D / H / P
Cornhill 1943 D / H / P
Cragsider 1976 D / H / P
Criterion 1876 D / H / P
Cruiser 1874 D / H / P
Dunelm 1964 D / H / P
Eastsider 1924 D / H / P
Empire Sybil 1943 D / H / P
Exemplar 1939 D / H / P
Flying Spindrift 1986 D / H / P
Francis Batey 1914 D / H / P
George V 1915 D / H / P
Hercules 1877 D / H / P
Hillsider 1911 D / H / P
Homer 1915 D / H / P
Ironsider 1967 D / H / P
John Batey 1884 D / H / P
Joffre 1916 D / H / P
Langton 1892 D / H / P
Marsden 1956 D / H / P
Maximus 1956 D / H / P
Mentor 1883 D / H / P
N E R No 4 1916 D / H / P
Nestor 1883 D / H / P
Northsider 1896 D / H / P
Northsider 1967 D / H / P
Plover 1881 D / H / P
Prestwick 1955 D / H / P
Quaysider 1955 D / H / P
Roughsider 1958 D / H / P
Royal Briton 1885 D / H / P
Saint Florence 1919 D / H / P
Seasider 1919 D / H / P
Seasider 1985 D / H / P
Southsider 1941 D / H / P
Taliesin 1883 D / H / P
Tynesider 1942 D / H / P
Tynesider 1981 D / H / P
Ulysses 1874 D / H / P
Waysider 1919 D / H / P
W D S 1892 D / H / P
Wearsider 1980 D / H / P
Westsider 1913 D / H / P
Westsider 1964 D / H / P
Whitburn 1943 D / H / P
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