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 V

Ship Name Year Builder D / H / P
Vanguard 1841 Thomas Ellis, North Shields D / H
Vanguard 1869 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Vanguard 1858 Hepple & Landells, North Shields D / H
Varco 1956 T Mitchison, Friar's Goose, Gateshead D / H / P
Velocity 1834 J Dowey, North Shields
Venture 1858 Hepple & Landells, Low Walker D / H
Venus 1832 J Dowey, North Shields D / H
Venus 1845 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Venus 1845 William Cooper, North Shields D / H
Venus 1857 Richard Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Venus 1867 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H / P
Venus 1868 Brodie & Maxwell, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Vesta 1847 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Vesta 1855 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Viceroy 1871 D & G Heckels, North Shields D / H
Victor 1852 R & R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Victor 1869 Brodie & Maxwell, Coble Dene, North Shields D / H
Victor 1869 JP Rennoldson & Sons, North Shields D / H
Victor 1870 JP Rennoldson & Sons, North Shields D / H
Victor 1876 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P
Victor Hugo 1885 Hepple & Co, North Shields D / H / P
Victoria 1859 Hepple & Landells, North Shields D / H
Victoria 1862 Marshall Brothers, Willington Quay D / H
Victoria 1865 JD Burdis, North Shields D / H
Victoria 1867 DT Stewart, North Shields D / H
Victoria 1869 CW Dodgin & Co, Low Lights, North Shields D / H
Victoria 1870 CW Dodgin & Co, Low Lights, North Shields D / H
Victoria 1871 CW Dodgin & Co, Low Lights, North Shields D / H
Victoria 1871 DJ Stewart, North Shields D / H
Victoria 1872 DJ Stewart, North Shields D / H
Victoria 1873 D & G Heckels, North Shields D / H / P
Victoria 1875 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Victoria 1884 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H / P
Victoria 1886 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
Victoria Dock 1856 TD Marshall, South Shields D / H
Victory 1840 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Victory 1844 Richard Dixon, South Shore, Gateshead D / H
Victory 1848 George Brown, St Peter's D / H
Victory 1851 J Dowey, North Shields D / H
Victory 1877 J Readhead & Co, Lawe Yard, South Shields D / H
Victory 1883 Wouldhave & Johnson, North Shields D / H / P
Vigilant 1843 D Bider, East Jarrow D / H
Vigilant 1848 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Vigilant 1849 A Woodhouse, South Shields D / H
Vigilant 1851 South Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Vigilant 1860 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Vigilant 1874 J Readhead & Co, Lawe Yard, South Shields D / H / P
Vivid 1835 William Bowlt, Gateshead D / H
Vivid 1863 T Hepple & Son, Low Walker D / H
Vixen 1859 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Vladeimer 1875 C Mitchell & Co, Low Walker
Vladeimer 1875 CS Swan & Hunter, Wallsend
Vladimir 1863 Thomson, Newcastle
Voevoda 1909 Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields D / H
Volador 1874 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Volga 1856 North Shields (unspecified builder) D / H
Voltigeur 1851 Not Tyne Built D / H
Volunteer 1856 J Dowey, North Shields D / H
Volunteer 1859 St Peter's (unspecified builder) D / H
Vtoroi 1894 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H / P
Vulcan 1891 JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields D / H
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