| Name: | ABEILLE NO 10 |
| Launched: | 17/11/1899 |
| Completed: | 12/1899 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 199 |
| Dimensions: | 188grt, 0nrt, 106.8 x 21.1 x 11.2ft; (1909: 179grt, 4nrt) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (15.5, 25 & 41 x 27ins), 103nhp, 750ihp |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1909: 129025) |
| History: | |
| 1899 | Compagnie de Remorquage et Sauvetage “Les Abeilles”, Le Havre, France |
| 16/07/1909 | Elliott Steam Tug Company Ltd, (John Page, manager), London |
| 07/1909 | Registered at London; renamed VANQUISHER |
| 11/1917 | Renamed VANQUISHER II |
| 1929 | Renamed VANQUISHER |
| 1941 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 30/07/1914: Hired by the Admiralty & renamed VAUNTER for the duration |
| 11/11/1919: Returned to owners | |
| 1941: Broken up by TW Ward Ltd at Grays, Essex |
Above photo as VANQUISHER is courtesy of the Royal Museums Greenwich collection
Above photo as VANQUISHER is courtesy of Alan Hughes