| Name: | COLONEL THYS |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 01/1912 |
| Builder: | Boele & Pot, Bolnes, Netherlands |
| Yard Number: | 59 |
| Dimensions: | 220grt, 2nrt, 108.3 x 23.2 x 12.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (365, 602 & 980 x 680mm), 83nhp, 700ihp |
| Engines by: | Maatsch Fyenoord, Rotterdam |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1932: 148813) |
| History: | |
| 01/1912 | Cie Belge Maritime du Congo, Boma; registered at Boma |
| 1930 | Compagnie Maritime Belge SA, Antwerp; registered at Antwerp |
| 15/08/1932 | Joseph Crosthwaite (Tugs) Ltd; renamed LEWIS CROSTHWAITE |
| 15/08/1932 | Registered at North Shields |
| 12/1949 | Transferred to France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; renamed EARSDON |
| 03/1959 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 12/1949: Cost £10,500 |
| 23/10/1958: Sank at St Anthony's after collision with JAMES ROWAN | |
| 11/12/1958: Raised by Risdon Beazley & Co of Southampton | |
| 03/1959: Sold for £1,500 to British Iron & Steel Corporation (BISCO) | |
| Allocated for breaking up to JJ King & Co Ltd, Gateshead | |
| 25/03/1959: Arrived at Gateshead for breaking up |
Above image as COLONEL THYS is courtesy of David Asprey
Above image as COLONEL THYS is courtesy of David Asprey
Above: LEWIS CROSTHWAITE in wartime markings. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of James Scott
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is copyright of A Duncan
Above: Earsdon being raised by salvors Risdon Beazley. Photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums