| Name: | ABEILLE NO 6 |
| Launched: | 06/06/1910 |
| Completed: | 07/1910 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 265 |
| Dimensions: | 114grt, 4nrt, 108.5 x 24.1 x 10.8ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (16 & 34 x 22ins), 61nhp |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1940: 167848) |
| History: | |
| 1910 | Société de Remorquage et de Sauvetage "Les Abeilles", Le Havre, France |
| 1940 | Ministry of Shipping (Overseas Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, managers) |
| 1940 | Registered at Southampton |
| 1941 | Ministry of War Transport (Overseas Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, managers) |
| 1945 | Société de Remorquage et de Sauvetage "Les Abeilles", Le Havre, France |
| 1958 | Renamed ABEILLE NO 9 |
| 1961 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1913: Grounded on a breakwater in France |
| 1958: Allocated for service at Nantes |
Above photo as ABEILLE NO 6 is courtesy of Jaap Bijl
Above left: As ABEILLE NO 9. Photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey