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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: 148813
History:
01/1912 Cie Belge Maritime du Congo, Boma; registered at Boma
1930 Compagnie Maritime Belge SA, Antwerp; registered at Antwerp
08/1932 Joseph Crosthwaite (Tugs) Ltd; renamed LEWIS CROSTHWAITE
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 courtesy of David Asprey

Above image as COLONEL THYS courtesy of David Asprey

Above: LEWIS CROSTHWAITE in wartime markings. Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo courtesy of James Scott

Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo copyright A Duncan

Above: Earsdon being raised by salvors Risdon Beazley. Image copyright Tyne & Wear Museums