TYNE TUGS AND TUG BUILDERS
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Above: Select the required Tug by using the initial letter of the Tug Name eg: Cullercoats, Eastsider or Theresa.

KEY Below: D / H / P --- D = basic dimensions shown; H = history given; P = photograph(s) included.

Tugs beginning with the initial letter A

Ship Name Year Builder D / H / P
Abeille No 3 1914 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
Abeille No 4 1912 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Abeille No 5 1910 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Abeille No 6 1910 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Abeille No 10 1899 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Abeille No 10 1909 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Abeille No 11 1907 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Abeille No 11 1913 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Abeille No 12 1906 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Abeille No 20 1924 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Abeille No 21 1925 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Accommodation 1837 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Achievement 1866 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Achilles 1869 Newcastle (unspecified builder) D / H
Achilleus 1867 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker
Achilleus 1867 Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard, Low Walker D / H
Acima 1911 Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields D / H
Active 1836 Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Active 1875 CS Swan & Hunter, Wallsend D / H / P
Active 1907 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D
Acton Grange 1907 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Ada 1853 TD Marshall, South Shields D / H
Adelia 1860 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H / P
Adeline 1828 T Shelton, North Shields D / H
Admiral 1843 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Admiral 1865 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H / P
Admiral 1866 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Admiral 1870 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Admiral 1874 J Softley & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Admiral 1875 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H
Admiral 1876 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
Admiral 1886 Hepple & Co, North Shields D / H / P
Adonis 1875 Wouldhave & Johnson, North Shields D / H
Adur 1855 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Adur II 1910 Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields D / H / P
Advance 1838 J Dowey, North Shields D / H
Advance 1867 Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields D / H
Africa 1883 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H / P
Agamemnon 1872 Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Aid 1852 J Dowey, North Shields D / H
Aid 1877 Not Tyne Built D / H
Ajax 1862 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Ajax 1862 Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard, Low Walker D / H
Ajax 1870 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Alacrity 1857 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Alarm 1859 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H / P
Albatross 1871 Brodie & Maxwell, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Albatross 1878 J Softley & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Albert 1884 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H / P
Albert Edward 1853 Not Tyne Built D / H
Albion 1852 J Dowey, North Shields D / H
Albion 1865 Bill Quay (unspecified builder) D / H
Alderman Ridley 1861 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Alert 1837 S Wood, South Shore, Gateshead D / H
Alert 1837 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Alert 1892 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Alexander 1856 J Dowey, North Shields D / H
Alexandra 1876 Softley Bros, North Shields D / H / P
Alexandra 1885 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Alexandre 1871 CW Dodgin & Co, Low Lights, North Shields D / H
Alexandros 1894 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H
Alfred 1856 Palmer Brothers & Co, Jarrow D / H / P
Alice 1843 W Cooper & J Gardner, North Shields D / H
Alice 1846 W Cooper, North Shields D / H
Alice 1876 Wouldhave & Johnson, North Shields D / H
Alku 1857 Newcastle (unspecified builder) D / H
Alliance 1856 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Alliance 1857 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Alliance 1872 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
Allies 1855 Shields (unspecified builder)
Allies 1856 Thorburn & Grant, North Shields D / H
Alma 1854 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Alma 1855 Johnathan Robson, Blackwall, Gateshead D / H
Alnmouth 1962 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Alnwick 1955 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Alpha 1884 Hepple & Co, North Shields D / H
Alys Ann 1952 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Amaranth 1869 J Brodie, North Shields D / H
Amazon 1838 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Amazon 1846 T & W Smith, North Shields D / H
Amazon 1856 Johnathan Robson, Blackwall, Gateshead D / H
Amber Rose 1968 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Amelia 1858 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
America 1876 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
America 1891 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Anatra 1871 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker
Anbar 1938 Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay D / H
Andrew Bain 1885 Hepple & Co, North Shields D / H
Andrew Jolliffe 1894 J Readhead & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Andrew Woodhouse 1856 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Andy Mitchell 1968 Clelands Shipbuilders Ltd, Willington Quay D / H / P
Angelo 1869 C Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H
Anglia 1875 CW Dodgin & Co, Low Lights, North Shields D / H
Anglia 1885 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
Ann & Jane 1847 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Ann and Margaret 1843 S Wood, South Shore, Gateshead D / H
Ann Scarborough 1834 James Dowey, North Shields D / H
Annandale 1869 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Annandale 1893 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
Anne 1853 John Dobson, Newcastle D / H
Anne 1853 J Dowey, North Shields
Anthony Nicol 1861 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Apollo 1856 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Appelsider 1962 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Arab 1857 Newcastle (unspecified builder) D / H
Arabian 1863 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Arag 1894 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H
Ariel 1869 D & G Heckels, North Shields D / H / P
Ariel 1874 D & G Heckels, North Shields D / H
Aristocrat 1876 Wouldhave & Johnson, North Shields D / H
Arthur 1956 T Mitchison, Friar's Goose, Gateshead D / H / P
Ashbrooke 1955 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Asia 1878 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
Asp 1959 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Athena 1880 JT Eltringham, South Shields
Atlas 1865 Marshall Brothers, Willington Quay D / H
Atlas 1926 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Aunt Alice 1863 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Australia 1885 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Auron 1980 G Crutwell, North Shields D / H / P
Avenger 1848 East Jarrow (probably Daniel Bider) D / H
Avonmouth 1903 Hepple & Co, North Shields D / H / P
Ayr 1878 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
Ayr 1897 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Ayrshire 1848 Thorburn & Grant, North Shields D / H
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