Tyne tug George V 1915

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Name:	GEORGE V
Launched:	19/11/1914
Completed:	01/1915
Builder:	JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number:	294
Dimensions:	224grt, 3nrt, 106.1 x 24.4 x 12.3ft; (1954: 217grt)
Engines:	T3cyl (16, 26 & 43 x 27ins), 98rhp, 850ihp;
	(1954: Oil engine, 2SA, 12cyl (8.5 x 10ins), 1086bhp)
Engines by:	JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields;
	(1954: General Motors)
Propulsion:	1 x Screw
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	133567

History:
15/02/1915	Mark H Redhead & Susannah H White (t/a Readhead R & Son), Newcastle
01/1915	Registered at Newcastle
06/1916	Transferred to Robert Readhead & Son Ltd
08/1929	Transferred to Redhead & Dry's Tugs Ltd
05/1944	Transferred to France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd
01/1959	Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd
05/1977	Transferred to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd
01/1978	Coastal Marine Services, Plymouth
07/1981	Bankside Shipping & Towage Co Ltd, Queenborough
08/1982	NE Murray, Queenborough
02/1984	Estuary Tugs Ltd, Sark
03/1987	Lavington International Ltd; registered at Gibraltar
2007	Broken up

Comments:	Launch date is from TIC records, other sources state 20/11/1914
	1915: Purchased from builder for £9,501
	1917: Hired by the Admiralty
	1919: Returned to owners
	1954: Re-built & re-engined by PK Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore
	1977: Transfer cost £7,000
	1978: Purchased for £11,500
	2007: Broken up at Queenborough