Name: | GAUNTLET |
Launched: | 08/1869 |
Completed: | 1869 |
Builder: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 48 |
Dimensions: | 87grt, 14nrt, 93.3 x 17.0 x 8.4ft |
Engines: | L2cyl, 45nhp; (1877: 2 x L1cyl (25.25 x 45ins), 60nhp) |
Engines By: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 63506 |
History: | |
1869 | Thomas W Elliott, Henry Mumford & Henry Holmes; registered at London |
05/1882 | John Tully, Sunderland; registered at North Shields |
12/1883 | Thomas A Dry, South Shields |
07/1889 | John Dry, South Shields |
05/1908 | John Dry Steam Tugs Ltd, South Shields |
08/1929 | R Redhead & Son Ltd, (Redhead & Dry’s Tugs), Newcastle |
06/1935 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1877: Re-engined |
05/1917: Hired by the Admiralty | |
09/1917: Renamed GAUNT | |
09/1919: Returned to owners & reverted to GAUNTLET | |
06/1935: Broken up at Sunderland |