| Name: | COQUET |
| Launched: | 13/06/1892 |
| Completed: | 08/1892 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 140 |
| Dimensions: | 122grt, 119nrt, 90.3 x 19.2 x 9.4ft; (1906: 137grt, 39nrt, 100.4 x 19.2 x 9.2ft) |
| Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (25 x 45ins), 45nhp, 350ihp |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 101802 |
| History: | |
| 08/1892 | Hugh Andrews, Warkworth; registered at Newcastle |
| 1899 | T Gray & Co Ltd, (WH Tulley, manager); registered at Hull; renamed FRENCHMAN |
| 15/04/1921 | United Towing Company Ltd, Hull |
| 09/12/1963 | David Cook Ltd, Saltend |
| 1968 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built as a tug/tender & capable of excursions during the summer season |
| 1906: Rebuilt and lengthened to 100.4ft | |
| 26/02/1918 to 06/05/1919: Hired by the War Office for service at Boston | |
| 1929: Converted into a dumb barge (122grt) | |
| 1968: Broken up by David Cook Ltd, New Holland | |
| Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details |
Above photo as tug FRENCHMAN is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as excursion boat FRENCHMAN is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as excursion boat FRENCHMAN is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as excursion boat FRENCHMAN is courtesy of Jaap Bijl
Above photo as excursion boat FRENCHMAN is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo as excursion boat FRENCHMAN is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as excursion boat FRENCHMAN is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo as coal barge FRENCHMAN serving the United Towing fleet is courtesy of Terry Thwaite
Above photo as coal barge FRENCHMAN serving the United Towing fleet is courtesy of Bill Harvey