Name: | CYCLOP |
Launched: | 21/12/1897 |
Completed: | 03/1898 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 184 |
Dimensions: | 181grt, 9nrt, 106.5 x 21.1 x 11.2ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (22 & 40 x 26ins), 600ihp, 82nhp; (1956: T3cyl (12.25, 23 & 37 x 26ins), 700ihp) |
Engines By: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields; (1956: J Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1926: 149414) |
History: | |
03/1898 | Amsterdam Tug & Salvage Co (AD Zur Mühlen), Amsterdam; registered at Amsterdam |
1919 | Bureau Wijsmuller, Scheep Transport en Sleepvaart Maats; registered at S'Gravenhage |
09/1926 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle; renamed CULLERCOATS |
01/1959 | Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd |
05/1968 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1914 to 1918: Also used as a trawler |
07/1956: Re-engined by RB Harrison & Son using engine from French trawler BEARN | |
05/1968: Broken up by Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston |
Above photo courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo courtesy of Jaap Bijl
Above: As a trawler during WW1. Photo courtesy of Jaap Bijl
All above photos in the colours of Amsterdam Tug & Salvage
Above photo in the colours of Bureau Wijsmuller. Photo courtesy of Jaap Bijl
Above photo as CYCLOP but Red Ensign & anchor on funnel. Photo courtesy of Jaap Bijl
Above photo courtesy of Eddie Frost
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo copyright of South Shields Libraries
Above 6 photos in the livery of France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear
Above photo courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo, taken in 1964, is copyright of Graeme Turner
Above photo, taken in 1966, is copyright of Dennis Maccoy
Above 4 photos in the colours of Tyne Tugs