Name: | CRAGSIDER |
Launched: | 08/09/1976 |
Completed: | 09/12/1976 |
Builder: | Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd, Hessle |
Yard Number: | 906 |
Dimensions: | 266grt, 0nrt, 32.72 x 9.66 x 4.15metres |
Engines: | Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (380 x 457mm), 3180bhp |
Engines By: | Mirrlees Blackstone Ltd, Stockport |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 363069 |
History: | |
12/1976 | Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd; registered at Newcastle |
12/1976 | Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd |
1986 | Chartered to Tyne & Wear Tugs Ltd |
1995 | Cory Towage Ltd, London |
2000 | Wijsmuller Towage, London |
2000 | Beirut Pilots, Beirut (H Baltagi); renamed BALTAGI XX |
2022 | Broken up |
Comments: | 04/08/2020: Probably damaged in a huge explosion of ammonium nitrate |
2022: Broken up at Beirut |
Above: Under construction at Hessle. Photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
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Above photo: CRAGSIDER leaves Tyne for the last time, as BALTAGI XX. Photo copyright of Kevin Blair
Above photo: CRAGSIDER leaves Tyne for the last time, as BALTAGI XX. Photo copyright of Kevin Blair
Above photo as BALTAGI XX copyright of Muhsen Hussein