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

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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 H

Ship Name Year Builder D / H / P
H T Blade 1990 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Haakon 1874 J Softley & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Habab 1959 Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Willington Quay D / H / P
Halls 1853 Thorburn & Grant, North Shields D / H
Hamasah 1959 Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Willington Quay D / H / P
Hanlan 1879 J Softley & Sons, South Shields D / H
Hannah Jolliffe 1900 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Hare 1825 R Dixon, South Shore, Gateshead D / H
Hardback 1901 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Harkaway 1859 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Harmony 1838 Taylor & Bulmer, South Shields D / H
Harmony 1847 T Anderson, North Shields D / H
Harmony 1859 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Harrington 1903 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Harry Clasper 1861 J Rogerson, St Peter's, Newcastle D / H
Harry Vane 1857 St Peter's (unspecified builder) D / H
Hartland 1870 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Harvest Home 1835 S Wood, South Shore, Gateshead D / H
Harvest Home 1847 W Cooper, North Shields D / H
Harwich 1877 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Haswell 1844 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Haswell 1848 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Havelock 1858 A Woodhouse, North Shields D / H
Hazard 1868 Brodie & Maxwell, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Hazard 1873 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Heather Bell 1857 Hepple & Landells, North Shields D / H / P
Heather Bell 1861 Hepple & Landells, North Shields D / H / P
Heatherbell 1862 R Landells, North Shields D / H
Hecla 1854 Thorburn & Grant, North Shields D / H
Hecla 1859 Hepple & Landells, North Shields D / H
Hecla 1860 Hepple & Landells, Low Walker D / H
Hector 1870 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Hector 1882 JR Maxwell, South Shields D / H / P
Helen McGregor 1870 D & G Heckels, North Shields D / H
Hellan 1860 E Oliver, South Shields D / H
Hellespont 1867 Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Hellespont 1894 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
Hendon 1906 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
Hendon 1924 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Hendon 1977 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Henry Wright 1852 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H / P
Henry Wright 1867 Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields D / H
Her Majesty 1865 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Her Majesty 1877 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
Herald 1871 Richard Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Herald 1907 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Hercule 1907 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Hercules 1836 S Wood, Gateshead D / H
Hercules 1838 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Hercules 1846 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Hercules 1853 J Downey Jr, North Shields D / H
Hercules 1866 GC Hutchinson & Co, St Peter's, Newcastle D / H / P
Hercules 1873 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
Hercules 1877 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
Hercules 1877 C Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H / P
Hercules 1893 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Hero 1842 D Bider, Jarrow D / H
Hero 1846 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Hero 1846 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Hero 1847 James Dowey, North Shields D / H
Hero 1860 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Hero 1868 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Hero 1892 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Heroic 1909 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Hetton 1870 Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields D / H
Hetton 1885 JR Maxwell & Co, South Shields D / H
Highgarth 1891 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Highland Maid 1846 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Hilda 1853 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Hilda 1895 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Hilda 1895 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Hillsider 1911 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Hillsider 1988 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Hoek van Holland 1898 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Holland 1902 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Holmsider 1984 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Home 1860 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Homer 1915 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Honor 1853 Thorburn & Grant, North Shields D / H
Hope 1819 J Robson, Gateshead D / H
Hope 1859 Low Walker (unspecified shipbuilder) D / H
Hope 1860 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Hope 1865 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Hotspur 1838 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Hotspur 1872 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Houghton 1904 Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields D / H / P
Hugh Bourne 1871 Brodie & Maxwell, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H / P
Hull 1898 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
Hullman 1914 Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields D / H / P
Humber 1876 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Huskisson 1912 JT Eltringham & Co Ltd, South Shields D / H / P
Hussar 1865 J Cooper & Co, North Shields D / H
Hutton 1893 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
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