Name: | BERTHA |
Launched: | |
Completed: | 1925 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Whitworth & Co, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1002 |
Dimensions: | 107grt, 41nrt, 75.2 x 18.8 x 7.2ft |
Engines: | M8cyl, Diesel |
Engines By: | Norris Henty & Gardner, Manchester |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 1089874 |
History: | |
1925 | Newfoundland Export & Shipping Co Ltd |
1949 | Renamed DEER LAKE |
1982 | Trident Construction |
19XX | Unknown, Toronto |
1996 | W Pennell; renamed BERTHA |
1999 | Tugboat Bertha LLC, Wayne, NewJersey |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Built as a tug for hauling timber, with a flat bottom and winches |
so it could haul itself over land between creeks. | |
1951: Re-engined with 2 x Caterpillar Diesels rated at 120hp each. | |
2006: Under restoration by owner Darren Vigilant |
Above photo as DEER LAKE copyright Don Sutherland
Above photo as BERTHA copyright Don Sutherland
Above photo as BERTHA copyright Don Sutherland