Name: | ALNWICK |
Launched: | 01/09/1955 |
Completed: | 01/10/1955 |
Builder: | PK Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore |
Yard Number: | 58 |
Dimensions: | 119grt, 0nrt, 93.3 x 25.3 x 8.5ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, V12cyl (8.5 x 10ins), 1080bhp |
Engines by: | General Motors Corp, Cleveland, Ohio |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 186847 |
History: | |
25/10/1955 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle |
01/1959 | Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd, Newcastle |
05/1977 | Lawson Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle |
06/1981 | Eurosalve PR Ltd (Paul Rowlands), Folkestone |
1982 | Chartered to AE White, London |
08/1983 | Sidney Lionel Dean, Pontardawe |
09/1983 | WGS Crouch & Sons Ltd, Greenhithe |
05/1986 | Estuary Tugs Ltd, Sark, Channel Islands |
1987 | Lavington International Ltd, Gibraltar |
03/1987 | Managed by Murray Tugs Ltd, Queenborough; renamed NORE CREST |
2007 | Broken up |
Comments: | Engine manufactured in 1941 and refitted in 1955 |
05/1977: Cost £40,000 | |
05/1981: Sank at moorings in Sunderland | |
06/1981: Salvaged by Eurosalve PR Ltd (Paul Rowlands), Folkestone | |
1983: Ran aground on the Goodwin Sands on route to Dungeness |
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Above: When owned by WGS Crouch & Sons. Photo is copyright of Danny Lynch
Above: On charter to AE White. Photo is copyright of John Jones
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Above photo as NORE CREST just prior to breaking up is courtesy of Photoship