| Name: | GAME COCK or GAMECOCK |
| Launched: | 1880 |
| Completed: | 05/1880 |
| Builder: | John Softley & Son, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 51grt, 2nrt, 70.6 x 14.6 x 8.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (15 & 28 x 18ins), 45nhp |
| Engines By: | JF Pattison & Company, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 81635 |
| History: | |
| 05/05/1880 | Henry Rae, Richard Holland et al, (t/a Gamecock Steam Towing Co), registered at London |
| 1882 | Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique, France |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1880: Henry Rae & colleagues were Gravesend & Poplar pilots on the Thames |
| 1882: This was the original French attempt at the construction of the Panama Canal | |
| 02/1885: Seized at Colon by General Benjamin Ruiz in a revolution in Colombia and taken to River Magdalena where she was known as GENERAL GAITAN | |
| 09/1885: Uprising failed but fate of tug unknown | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |