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 R

Ship Name Year Builder D / H / P
Racer 1876 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H
Rainbow 1839 John Golightly, Gateshead D / H
Rainbow 1854 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Rainbow 1864 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Rambler 1846 W Cooper, North Shields D / H
Rambler 1864 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Rambler 1865 Richard Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Ranger 1842 Gateshead (unspecified builder) D / H
Ranger 1843 W Cooper & J Gardner, North Shields D / H
Ranger 1847 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Ranger 1848 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Ranger 1851 J Dowey, North Shields D / H
Ranger 1857 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Ranger 1860 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Ranger 1866 Brodie & Maxwell, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Ranger 1870 Brodie & Maxwell, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Ranger 1898 R Stephenson & Co, Hebburn D / H / P
Rapid 1838 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Rapid 1840 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Rapid 1848 Newcastle (unspecified builder) D / H
Rapid 1859 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Rapid 1864 Richard Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Rapid 1868 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Rattler 1876 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H
Reaper 1837 S Wood, South Shore, Gateshead D / H
Reaper 1838 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Reaper 1867 DJ Stewart, North Shields D / H / P
Rebecca 1884 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H
Rebocador 1867 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H / P
Red Lion 1856 W Thorburn, North Shields D / H
Red Rover 1833 S Wood, Gateshead D / H
Red Rover 1849 JR Curry, North Shields D / H
Refuge 1868 DJ Stewart, North Shields D / H
Regalia 1898 R Stephenson & Co, Hebburn D / H / P
Reina del Mar 1870 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Reliance 1869 DJ Stewart, North Shields D / H
Reliance 1869 DT Stewart, North Shields D / H
Reliant 1907 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Renard 1861 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Renown 1863 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Renown 1876 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H
Renown 1881 Hughes & Driver, North Shields D / H / P
Rescue 1867 Brodie & Maxwell, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Rescue 1867 JP Rennoldson & Sons, North Shields D / H
Rescue 1869 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H / P
Rescue 1869 W Hepple & Son, Newcastle D / H / P
Rescue 1873 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
Rescue 1878 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H
Rescue 1893 Anderson, Laverick & Co, St Lawrence D / H / P
Rescue 1904 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Resolute 1859 J Gardiner, North Shields D / H
Resolute 1880 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H
Restless 1851 W Cooper, North Shields D / H
Restless 1857 Hepple & Landells, North Shields D / H
Restless 1869 Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Retriever 1856 W Thorburn, North Shields D / H
Rheda 1925 Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Low Walker D / H
Rhona 1897 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
Rifleman 1860 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H / P
Rising Sun 1831 E Dixon & R Anderson, South Shore D / H
Rising Sun 1838 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Rita 1892 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
River King 1862 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Rixton 1905 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H / P
Rob Roy 1838 J Dowey, North Shields D / H
Rob Roy 1847 W Stokelle, North Shields D / H
Rob Roy 1848 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Rob Roy 1855 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Rob Roy 1857 Hepple & Landells, Low Walker D / H
Rob Roy 1870 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Robert and Anne 1843 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Robert and Henry 1835 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Robert and Jane 1847 George Brown, St Peter's, Newcastle D / H
Robert and Mary 1849 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Robert Bruce 1852 Thorburn & Grant, North Shields D / H
Robert Bruce 1852 Thorburn & Grant, North Shields D / H
Robert Bruce 1871 Richard Stobbs, North Shields D / H
Robert Burns 1837 S Wood, Gateshead D / H
Robert Burns 1861 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Robert Burns 1865 J Brodie, North Shields D / H
Robert Henry 1855 Shields (unspecified builder)
Robert Ingham 1855 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Robert Ingham 1856 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Robert Owen 1848 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Robert Pow 1859 E Oliver, North Shields D / H
Robert Redhead 1900 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Robert Scott 1862 South Shields (unspecified builder)
Robert Scott 1862 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Robert Scott 1863 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Robert Scott 1863 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Robert Stephenson 1860 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Robin Hood 1865 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Robin Hood 1866 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Robin Hood 1868 JP Rennoldson & Sons, North Shields D / H
Robin Hood 1868 JP Rennoldson & Sons, North Shields D / H
Rock Light 1865 WH Eltringham, South Shields D / H
Rocket 1869 WB Hornby, Willington Quay D / H
Roker 1904 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Roman 1906 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H / P
Romano 1910 Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields D / H
Rosa 1875 Richardson & Co, Newcastle D / H
Rosa 1884 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H
Rosa 1894 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
Rosamond 1859 Hepple & Landells, Low Walker D / H / P
Rostoff 1868 C Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H
Roughsider 1958 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Rover 1859 A Leslie, Hebburn D / H
Rover 1861 Hepple & Landells, Low Walker D / H
Rover 1897 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields D / H
Rowangarth 1981 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Royal Albert 1862 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Royal Alfred 1865 WH Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
Royal Arch 1862 Marshall Brothers, Willington Quay D / H / P
Royal Briton 1885 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
Royal Charlie 1861 Richard Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Royal George 1830 S Wood, South Shore, Gateshead D / H
Royal Norman 1881 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
Royal Saxon 1865 Bainbridge, Davy & Hopper, Willington Quay D / H
Royal Saxon 1879 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
Royal Saxon 1884 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H
Royal Sovereign 1832 J Dowey, North Shields D / H
Royal Victoria 1847 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Ruby 1862 JP Almond, North Shields D / H
Ruby 1862 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Ruby 1863 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Ryhope 1860 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Ryhope 1943 Not Tyne Built D / H / P
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